On 23 October 2020, Terri Mottershead, Executive Director, Centre for Legal Innovation (Australia, New Zealand and Asia-Pacific), facilitated a panel discussion that focussed on Building a New Law Firm Culture Through Diversity & Inclusion for the Centre’s Reinvent Legal Business Series 2.
Terri was joined by an international panel of leaders and doers in this space from Australia and the USA:
- Ann-Maree David, Executive Director, The College of Law Queensland (Australia)
- Maddison Harrington, Legal Officer - People and Wellbeing, Griffith University (Australia)
- Leila Hock, Director, Legal Department Partnerships and Inclusion Initiatives, Diversity Lab (USA)
- Kimya S.P. Johnson, Senior Counsel and Chair of Diversity & Inclusion Practice Group, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C (USA)
Topics discussed included:
- Definitions for acronyms often used in D & I
- The importance of taking this time to “build back better” when it comes to the legal industry and D & I
- Identifying the challenges and overcoming them to effect the advancement of D & I in the legal industry
- Ways to ensure your D & I initiatives work in law firms, in legal education and in collaboration with consultancies
- The important role of D & I in developing organisational and workplace culture
- How D & I connects to and advances innovation
- The role of allies in D & I
If you would prefer to listen rather than watch this session, we'll also be releasing this session as a podcast in our The Legalpreneurs Sandbox podcast series - there's a bunch of good stuff to listen to there right now too!
Don't forget to also check out and save the date for the other fabulous FREE Reinvent Legal Business Series 2 webinars - you'll find the details and registration links as we add them here.