AJMLS Presents Professionalism & Diversity CLE Program

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, I.C.L.E., the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, the State Bar’s Minorities in the Profession Committee, the Gate City Bar Association, the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, and the Avarita Hanson Chapter of the Black Law Students Association are proud to co-host the CLE program, “Professionalism & Diversity: Trends in the New Millennium”. The event will be held from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., on September 19, 2012 at the Blackburn Conference Center.

The purpose of this program is to gather local practitioners to discuss best practices in the areas of diversity and inclusion, and the professionalism standards by which practitioners are to abide.  Some of the featured speakers for this program include: Professor Timothy Terrell, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law; Attorney Paula Frederick, General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia; and Attorney Samuel M. Matchett, Partner-Labor & Employment, King & Spalding, LLP.  We will also present the Honorable M. Yvette Miller and the law firm of Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson, & Tompkins, LLP, with the Champion of Diversity & Professionalism Award.

Participating attorneys and AJMLS faculty will be eligible to receive six CLE hours, including 1.5 Ethics hours and two Professionalism hours.  For more information about the program, including how to register, please click here.