8:30 | Check In and Continental Breakfast

9:00 | Welcome Remarks

Donna Davis and Mari Nemec 

9:15  | LGBTQ+ in the Legal Profession: History and Present Times
This program is focused on how we got to where we are today as LGBTQ+ people and legal professionals. The panel will address how the profession has changed over the several decades to be more (or less) inclusive and accessible for all. Panelists will also discuss how LGBTQ+ rights have shifted over their lifetime, providing context to students for the times that we are currently living in.

Faculty: Mitchell Katine, Brian Klosterboer, Lena Laurenzo, and Lionel Sims III
Moderated by Mari Nemec

10:00 | How Does Your Law Degree Empower You?
This program is focused on how LGBTQ+ and ally law students can do good work for the LGBTQ+ community and other communities regardless of where they work. Topics covered will include how the advocacy skills gained in law school can translate to other areas of life, how lawyers are critical to advancing justice through pro bono opportunities and community education, and the ways in which lawyers can advocate for change in their workplace and in their local community.

Faculty: Porscha Brown, deborah lawson, and Lydia Tsao
Moderated by Mari Nemec

11:00 | Break

11:15 | Student & Faculty Small Group Discussion
Share your experiences – both your joys and your challenges – as an LGBTQ+ or ally law student with faculty and other students in small groups to collaborate, problem solve, educate, and support one another as community members.

12:15 | Break

12:30 | Lunch 

12:45| Lunchtime Fireside Chat with Hon. Beau Miller
Moderated by Pamela Brantley Dunnings

1:30 | Break 

1:45 | Strategic Skills Bootcamp
Held as two rotating breakout groups, this program will address key hard and soft lawyering skills, such as interview tips, how to develop client relationships, and effective ways to manage time.

3:30 | Break 

3:45 | Career Mentoring
Cycle through three 15-minute mini-mentoring sessions with our local faculty members. Law students will be paired with faculty mentors based on the areas of law they are most interested in practicing.

4:30 | Wellbeing Talk
Taking care of your mental and physical wellbeing is critical to building a successful academic routine and professional practice. Learn more about how lawyers care for themselves in a high-stress and fast-paced profession.

Faculty: Gilan Merwanji and Mari Nemec 

5:20 | Conclusion & Thanks

Professor Ryan Nelson

6:00 | Optional Reception Event at a location TBA