Registration is now open for our 6th Annual In-House Pro Bono Summit! Our outstanding faculty will discuss the hottest topics facing in-house teams in 2024 and cover the special ethics rules that apply to in-house legal departments engaging in doing good. This half-day program is exclusively created for in-house attorneys and staff.
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AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE
GCs Prioritizing Justice: How Great Leaders Advance Business While Impacting Community
Top-down leadership, especially when it comes to pro bono, is crucial. Not only does it boost department-wide morale and increase companywide community engagement, but it's also great for business. This panel will include top legal leaders who walk the talk and lead with strategic compassion and vision by making pro bono and social impact a priority for their teams, thereby advancing their company's corporate social responsibility objectives while maximizing the good done in the world. In 2024, there will not only be a tremendous need for more of these leaders, but also a demand from employees and the public that giving back is an important corporate priority, which starts at the top.
Panelists:
- Thomas Golden, General Counsel, Bloomberg LP
- Jaci Lee, Vice President, General Counsel, Flynn Group
- Hossein Nowbar, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
- Dev Stahlkopf, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Cisco
- Moderator: Rachel Brown, Pro Bono & Social Impact Director, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Doing More with Less: Optimizing Impact, Time, and Resources
Giving back doesn't have to be time-consuming, expensive, or a major resource commitment. This segment will walk through how in-house lawyers and staff can give back and still make a major impact in the world by engaging in activities that don't require funding or an exorbitant amount of time. This panel will cover how "days of service" work, what research-based opportunities exist, how to effectively partner with your outside law firms on direct representation, and how legal clinics positively impact marginalized communities.
Panelists:
- Nicole Benincasa, Senior Regulatory Counsel, Uber
- Todd Stillerman, Associate General Counsel & Managing Director in the CIB, Tech, Innovation & Information Division, Wells Fargo
- George Wukoson, General Counsel, Everyday Health
- Moderator: Kaitlyn Fallon, Pro Bono Corporate Partnerships Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Creating Value, Impact, and Inclusion Through Social Impact
Social impact is a broad concept, but at its core, it is defined as "the effect an action, activity, project, program or policy has on an individual or community." This panel will focus on how in-house legal departments can make a difference through community volunteerism and giving back outside of pro bono work, including though hands-on volunteering, advancing the company's ESG initiatives, and supporting companywide sustainability efforts.
Panelists:
- KellyAnne Brophy, Pro Bono & Social Impact Manager, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Laura Gallagher, Global Head Corporate Citizenship, AIG
- Moderator: Vidhya Prabhakaran, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Your New Roman Empire: The Ethics of Doing Good
The way in-house legal teams practice pro bono is special, complex, and unique. For this reason, the ethical rules regarding pro bono practice should be thought about with great regularity, if not daily. This segment will make the case for why pro bono ethics should become in-house teams' "Roman Empire" – a recent phenomenon used to describe things people think about every day, whether that be their favorite celebs, movies, decades-old memes, and hopefully after this presentation – legal ethics.
Speaker:
- Joanna Boisen, Chief Pro Bono & Social Impact Officer, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
DWT seeks CLE accreditation in AK, CA, IL, NY, OR, VA, and WA. Upon request, if you are admitted to practice law in another state, we will provide a certificate of attendance and documentation to assist you in applying for CLE credit in your state of admission.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is a certified accredited provider of CLE in the State of California, Provider No. 2955, and is an Accredited CLE Provider certified by the NYS CLE Board.
Attendees will receive downloadable resource materials prior to the event, and for those who attend the program, a small gift will follow.
Contact Gwen Reyes with questions.