The Mississippi Bar’s Diversity Committee is proud to host this year's Diversity Best Practices Workshop. Sessions will include:
- 10:00am – 11:00am DEI: A Look into the Changing Landscape and Practical Guidance for the Legal Profession (Panel Moderator: Amorya Orr)
- Jay Armstrong, Mississippi College School of Law
- Nakimuli Davis-Primer, Baker Donelson
- Dr. Joshua Tucker, University of Mississippi School of Law
- 11:00am – 12:00pm Barriers at the Courthouse Steps: Disability and Inclusion within Mississippi’s Legal Profession (Panel Moderator: Brittany Barbee)
- William Graves, Morgan & Morgan
- Tanecka Moore, Staff Attorney, Hinds County Board of Supervisors
- Katharine Surkin, Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm Rural Justice: A Lawyer’s Role in the Effort to Increase Access to Resources in Mississippi’s Legal Deserts (Lunch Provided) (Panel Moderator: Kate Margolis)
- Heather Hall, Mississippi College School of Law
- Nicole McLaughlin, Mississippi Access to Justice Commission
- Karen Peairs, University of Mississippi School of Law
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm The Rise to the Top: Empowering the Next Generation of Women Leaders in the Legal Profession (Panel Moderator: Amanda Green Alexander)
- Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac, United States District Court, Southern District of Mississippi
- Judge David N. McCarty, Mississippi Court of Appeals
- Margaret Cupples, Bradley
The workshop will be held in-person at the Mississippi Supreme Court Building in Jackson and Virtually via Zoom on April 9 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Four hours of CLE credit will be offered to participants. Registration is now open. Lunch will be included for in-person attendees. There is no charge to attend.
Statements and opinions expressed in this CLE are those of the presenter(s). The Bar does not endorse any views expressed therein.