New York City Bar Association to host:
“Getting Serious about Race”
The 4th Annual Diversity Conference

When:	Monday, October 29, 2007; Registration and Networking, 8:30 a.m. Symposium, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where:	New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street (b/t 5th & 6th Avenues)
What:	Fourth Annual Diversity Conference. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
How Much:	Non-members, $325; Members, $250; Government Employees, $50

The Fourth Annual Diversity Conference will be the culmination of this year's focus on race and ethnicity in the law. The symposium will highlight promising practices and innovative ideas for making meaningful change and tangible progress in recruiting, retaining, and advancing racial/ethnic minorities in the legal profession.

The symposium features Stephen Young of Insight Education Systems, who will deliver his program Microinequities &ndsash; Part 2. This program will focus on one of the most hidden barriers to success: the subtle, usually subconscious messages we all send that can devalue, discourage and ultimately impair performance in the workplace at all levels of an organization. The symposium will also present keynote speaker Dr. Charles Ogletree, of Havard Law School. Dr. Ogletree will speak on the topic "Race Matters from the Warren to the Roberts Court" and deliver commentary on the Jenna 6 trial.

Program

9:00-Welcome and Diversity Benchmarking Highlights
Barry Kamins, President, NYC Bar Association
Alex David, Director, Office for Diversity, NYC Bar Association

9:15-MicroInequities: The Power of Small
Steven Young, Insight Education Systems
This innovative seminar develops a new set of skills focused on the way we send messages within businesses and across borders. It reveals the effects of micromessages in the workplace and delivers critical concepts and skills that carry over instantly when participants return to the workplace.

11.15- Break

11:30-Panel Discussion: The Real Perspective—What does it take to make Partner? A group of minority partners will speak about the real hurdles of becoming an equity partner and steps to take to insure success.

12:30-2pm Luncheon/ Keynote Address: Race Matters: From the Warren to the Roberts Court
Dr. Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School

The impact of the following four cases on the legal profession will be discussed:

1. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

2. Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1955)

3. Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958)

4. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, (Nos. 05-908 and 05- 915), 426 F.3d 1162; 416 F.3d 513.

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.