Blank Rome Partners Stacy D. Phillips and Laura Reathaford will participate in panel discussions at CenterForce USA’s “The Women, Diversity & Change Summit,” being held in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with a cocktail reception to follow.
Stacy’s panel, “Increasing the Diversity of Legal & Corporate Leadership,” will take place from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. and will discuss the impact an overall expansion in diversity in leadership would have in the legal & corporate world and how can diversity be increased, including:
- Taking advantage of the current landscape to create change
- What can individuals do?
- How are organizations approaching diversity?
- The important role law firms play in improving legal diversity
- The impact on corporate diversity
- More diverse partners & retention
Laura will be on the “Dealing with Unconscious Bias & Discrimination” panel at 9:15 a.m. This session will cover the impact of unconscious bias and how it can be dealt with and overcome. Topics to be covered:
- The types of unconscious bias to look out for
- Power of language
- Intuitional bias
- Ignorance and education
- How to approach
- Managers
- Peers
- Direct reports
- When an official approach is needed—reporting bias
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to be a sponsor of this event.
For more information or to register, please visit the Summit webpage.
