Calendar Events

Monday, June 23, 2008
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
(entrance is on 55th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)

Please RSVP to nicole.white@morganlewis.com if you plan to attend.

Our next NYCRA meeting will focus on the 2007 Fall Recruitment Season. At this meeting we will have a prestigious panel of representatives from various local law school career services departments. We hope you will join us!

March 11, 2008
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

RSVP to nicole.white@morganlewis.com

LeGaL is pleased to announce its Fourth Annual New York City Metro Area LGBT Career Fair on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan (55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street). The Career Fair will be targeted specifically to first-year gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender law students in the New York City metropolitan area. Panel discussion at 5:00 p.m. followed by an information gathering session from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Registration fee: $250 – due by February 28, 2008

To register to attend, please visit www.le-gal.org or call (212) 353-9118 by February 28, 2008.

Carolyn Wehmann’s next Managing Lawyer Recruitment seminar for newer recruitment coordinators and assistants will be held in NYC on Wednesday, February 13 from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Bingham McCutchen’s offices on the 21st floor of 399 Park (53rd & 54th), with thanks to Lauren Gould and Bingham for hosting.

Questions about program content? Please send an e-mail to cwconsult@juno.com or call Carolyn at 864-943-0208. Questions about how to get to Bingham’s offices? Please contact Lauren Levine at 705-7765 or Lauren.Levine@Bingham.com.

Managing Lawyer Recruitment includes 6-hours of management training plus networking opportunities for newer administrators and assistants with 0-4 years of experience. The program includes straightforward, detailed teaching at a lively pace, a lunch discussion with senior colleagues, practical exercises and a presentation by a NYC-area Law School. Having worked as the recruiting director at a Wall Street firm, Carolyn targets this seminar at new professionals who work in highly-competitive markets for entry/lateral lawyers.

Act quickly to reserve a place! The registration fee is $400 for the first registrant and $350 for each additional registrant from your office, including breakfast and lunch. If you register and must cancel, someone from your office may attend the next MLR program at no charge - or I will apply a credit toward Interviewing Skills or an in-house training seminar of your choice. When you register by e-mail (cwconsult@juno.com) or FAX 864-943-0043, Carolyn will immediately confirm receipt of your registration.

Can’ make it on the 15th? MLR will be held on March 18 in DC — and in Tampa, Dallas & Houston. For details check www.cwehmannconsulting.com.

It’s that time again…

Start your summer calendar planning now!

BUILDABLE HOURS

Kickoff Meeting

to benefit

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Tuesday, February 5

4:00 PM

Offices of Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue
(corner of 53rd and 3rd)

There will be a brief presentation by Habitat representatives followed by a wine and cheese social and an opportunity to visit with colleagues from around the city.

RSVP: Renee Belardi, renee.belardi@lw.com

Do you have 5-25 years’ of law firm or law school recruiting experience? Please join Carolyn Wehmann for her 4th Recruitment Roundtable for senior recruitment professionals in New York on Tuesday, December 4, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Please send an e-mail to cwconsult@juno.com or call Carolyn at 864-943-0208 for an outline and registration information.

Can’t make it on December 4th? Another senior Recruitment Roundtable will be held on December 5th in Washington, DC. Look for seminar and in-house training information at www.cwehmannconsulting.com.

Carolyn Wehmann’s next Managing Lawyer Recruitment seminar for newer recruitment professionals will be held in NYC on Thursday, November 15 from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Chadbourne & Parke’s offices on the 32nd floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza (50th between 5th and 6th), with thanks to Lisa Featherson for hosting and Mitchell Weitz from Fordham Law School who will present Law School/Lateral Perspectives.

Questions about program content? Please send an e-mail to cwconsult@juno.com or call Carolyn at 864-943-0208. Questions about how to get to Chadbourne’s offices? Please contact Anne Fallon at 212-408-5479 or afallon@chadbourne.com

Managing Lawyer Recruitment includes 6-hours of management training plus networking opportunities during lunch for newer recruitment administrators and assistants with 0-4 years of experience. The program includes straightforward, detailed teaching at a lively pace, a lunch discussion with senior colleagues, practical exercises and a presentation by Mitchell Weitz at Fordham Law School. Having worked as the recruiting director at a Wall Street firm, Carolyn targets this seminar at new professionals who work in highly-competitive markets for entry/lateral lawyers.

Act quickly to reserve a place! The registration fee is $400 for the first registrant and $350 for each additional registrant from your office, including breakfast and lunch. If you register and must cancel, someone from your office may attend the next MLR program at no charge - or I will apply a credit toward Interviewing Skills or an in-house training seminar of your choice. When you register by e-mail (cwconsult@juno.com) or FAX 864-943-0043, Carolyn will immediately confirm receipt of your registration.

Can’ make it on the 15th? MLR will be held on December 6th in DC — and in Tampa, Dallas & Houston in January ’08. For details check www.cwehmannconsulting.com.

Hello NYCRA Members!

Below are the two links to Artisanal Wine & Cheese classes. Their usual rate is $75 per person, but they are offering discounted rates of $60 per person for groups of 4 or more. They have seats for 20 people for the October 8th event which should be outstanding as the lecturer, Giorgio Cravero, is coming from Italy to conduct the class. There will be a 30 minute reception starting at 6:30 p.m. with several Artisanal products and champagne and then the 90 minute class starts with a wine and cheese flight that usually consists of 8 cheeses and 2-4 wines depending on the lecture.

The classes are a great way to do something different and make for fun social events for clients, summer associates and other employees of the firm. If there is an interest, please contact Daniel Dowe.

Daniel W. Dowe
Artisanal Cheese, LLC
Chief Executive Officer and President
500 West 37th Street
New York, New York 10018
212-871-3150 Direct
914-441-3591 Cell
www.artisanalcheese.com
ddowe@artisanalcheese.com

Monday, October 8th

The Ultimate Parmesan

http://www.artisanalcheese.com/prodinfo.asp?number=17UPRE

Friday, October 19th

Red, White & Blue; America’s Best Artisanal Cheese

http://www.artisanalcheese.com/prodinfo.asp?number=17RWB

We are delighted to announce the election results for the 2007-2008 NYCRA Board.

Effective July 1, 2007 your new Vice Chair will be Vanessa Dobson, Firmwide Recruiting Coordinator at McDermott Will & Emery and your new Treasurer will be Adam Becker, Attorney Recruiting Manager at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Alissa Golden will move into the position of Chair and Nicole White will remain on the board as Secretary. Please join us in congratulating the new members of the NYCRA board!

Managing Lawyer Recruitment seminar on Tuesday, June 12th, from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe’s offices on the 23rd Floor of 666 Fifth Avenue (entrances on 52nd or 53rd Streets), with thanks to Francesca Runge and Orrick for hosting.

Questions about program content? Please check the outline below or call me at 864-943-0208. Questions about how to get to Orrick’s offices? Please call or e-mail Awilda Claros at 212-506-3532 (aclaros@orrick.com) or check Orrick’s website at http://orrick.com/ofices/new_york/.

Managing Lawyer Recruitment includes 6-hours of management skills and networking opportunities for newer recruitment administrators and assistants with 0-4 years of experience. Training includes straightforward, detailed teaching at a lively pace, a lunch discussion with senior colleagues, practical exercises and a presentation by a law school Career Planning office. Having worked as the recruiting director at a Wall Street firm, I’ve targeted this seminar at people who work in today’s increasingly competitive markets for entry/lateral lawyers.

Please act quickly to reserve a place – we always have space limitations! The registration fee is $375 for the first registrant and $350 for each additional registrant from your office, including breakfast and lunch. If you register and must cancel, someone from your office may attend my next program at no charge or I will apply a credit toward Interviewing Skills or another in-house training seminar of your choice. When you register by e-mail (cwconsult@juno.com), FAX or by calling me at 864-943-0208 I will call — and confirm receipt of your registration by e-mail. I look forward to sharing what I’ve learned during my law firm recruiting career and my 20+ years of experience in recruitment/retention consulting with law firms.

Can’t make it on June 12th? I’ll be conducting this seminar in Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago this summer. Please call for details or to request information on Interviewing Skills–or my year-end Recruitment Roundtables for experienced recruitment managers in NYC, Chicago and Washington.

Carolyn Wehmann Consulting

The NYCRA Board hopes you and your colleagues will join us for a casual Cocktail Reception in Keystone on Wednesday, April 25 from 6-8pm.

Location:
Dos Locos
22869 U.S. Highway 6
(Located in the Mountain View Plaza)
(970) 262-9185

It is once again time to begin the election process for the NYCRA board and we need your help to nominate those individuals. Please see the details below:

The current Vice Chair, Alissa Golden, will move into the position of Chair. All officers are elected to serve a two year term, and this year the positions of Vice Chair and Treasurer are up for election. The term begins July 1, 2007.

NYCRA is looking to its members to nominate individuals with an outgoing spirit to help achieve the objectives, goals and purpose of the organization. The duties and responsibilities of each position are explained in the NYCRA Bylaws. Please note that all registered members of NYCRA who have been active for a minimum of one (1) year shall be eligible for nomination to serve as an elected officer. Please e-mail your nominations to any or all of the following board members:

Randy Liss, Chair - rliss@tpw.com
Alissa Golden, Vice Chair - Alissa.Golden@srz.com
Kisha Nunez, Treasurer - KCNunez@WLRK.com
Nicole White, Secretary - nicole.white@bryancave.com

Please include the nominee’s name, title, firm and contact information. All nominations must be submitted by Friday, May 4th.

The Vice Chair will contact the three candidates with the most nominations for each open position by Monday, May 7th. These candidates will be asked to submit a brief bio by Friday, May 11th. Elections will begin shortly after and will close on Friday, June 15th.

Spring is in the air, so it’s time for Carolyn Wehmann’s second Recruitment Roundtable, an annual meeting of more senior recruiting administrators from the NYC metro area who want to meet to learn management skills, share their ideas and discuss important issues of common concern. The program will include one or two meals, materials and the opportunity to take an on-line assessment profile, the Management Potential III (MPP III). This year, Carolyn is offering THREE OPTIONS to encourage seniors to attend for all or part of the day:

$400 - Morning Session 8:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m., including breakfast and lunch
$400 - Afternoon Session 12:00p.m.-4:30p.m., including lunch
$750 - Full Program 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., including breakfast & lunch

As you may know, Carolyn is a former NYC Recruitment Director and principal of Carolyn Wehmann Consulting whose 25-year practice centers on law firm recruitment, retention and career development. The Recruitment Roundtable will be held at the offices of Jones Day, 222 East 41st Street, between Third and Lexington Avenues.

For details and a Registration Form, you may call Carolyn (864-943-0208) or contact her by email at cwconsult@juno.com. Discounts are available for past attendees and multiple registrants from the same office.

Our next NYCRA meeting will focus on the Recruiting and Professional Development functions and how they work together in law firms. Specifically, our goal is to bring together panelists that focus on professional development, recruiting and a combination of both. This panel presentation should prove to be very informative, but we would like for this session to be interactive and make sure that any questions you may have are addressed. Therefore please forward any questions on this topic by reply e-mail.

“Bridging the Gap Between Recruiting & Professional Development”

1177 Avenue of the Americas
between 45th & 46th Streets

SAVE THE DATE!

LEGAL, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York, is pleased to announce its Third Annual New York City Metro Area LGBT Legal Career Fair, to take place on Thursday, April 19, 2007, at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in Manhattan.

The Career Fair will be targeted specifically to first-year gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender law students in the New York City metropolitan area. The event will begin with a panel discussion on being out in the work place and application process at 5:00 pm, followed at 6:00 by an information gathering session until 8:00, during which LGBT law students from fourteen area law schools may meet informally with lawyers & recruiters from major area legal employers to learn about career opportunities in preparation for the fall 2007 recruiting season. Students will be encouraged to bring their resumes.

Legal employers invited to participate in the event include law firms affiliated with NYCRA, the New York City Recruitment Association, and several federal, state and local government law departments.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Panel Discussion at 5:00 pm
Information Session from 6:00 – 8:00 pm

For information or to register, please contact Dan Schaffer at 212-353-9118
or le_gal@earthlink.net

February 15, 2007 -

Please join the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the LMA (and bring your Recruiting Colleagues - details below) for an interesting and informative panel discussion about the importance of diversity in today’s legal marketplace. You will hear from four speakers whose unique perspectives will arm you with the knowledge needed to help shape a diversity program that can impact your firm’s bottom line.

During this program you will learn:

*The differences between Equal Opportunity Employment (EEO), Affirmative Action (AA) and Diversity and why you should know this information
*Tips on how to jump-start a law firm diversity program
*Mission and functionality of a diversity committee/program
*Success and failures of various firms
*What’s next? Once you have your diversity committee and marketing materials, what do you do to keep your organization energized and focused on the goal?
*How to educate the Partnership

About the Panelists:

Kelly N. Burrello is a Senior Consultant & Director of Research for the Diversity Training Group, a Washington DC metropolitan-based consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of comprehensive diversity programs for organizations. She has provided consulting services, spoken on panels and published articles for many top law firms on best practices for establishing and maintaining effective diversity programs. Kelly has a B.A. in Human Relations and a MS in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

David Cabrales is a Partner and Chairs the Diversity Committee for the Texas law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP. David’s clients count on him to resolve insurance, securities, and other business disputes. He has earned the trust of the largest U.S. market-maker of NASDAQ stocks, top U.S. insurance and financial services organizations, and the world’s leading franchisor in its industry. David is on the Steering Committee for the State Bar of Texas Minority Counsel Program and currently serves on the firm’s Practice Development Committee. He holds a B.S. in International Trade from Texas Tech University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he attended as a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar.

Russell Harris is the Diversity Initiatives Manager of the law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP where he has held several administrative positions for the past 14 years. When Mayer, Brown created the national position of Diversity Initiatives Manager, Russell eagerly accepted and has been in this role for 2 ½ years. Russell is a member of the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals. He earned a B.A. degree in English from Rollins College and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Like his firm, Russell is dedicated to the proposition of enhancing diversity in the legal profession; first and foremost with his own firm.

Tommy Shi is the Corporate Development and Transformation Officer for Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC at the company’s Montvale, New Jersey headquarters. In this capacity, Shi is responsible for providing the strategic direction, development and implementation of the company-wide cultural transformation and diversity strategy. Shi has been with the MBUSA team for the past thirteen years, serving most recently as a counsel in the legal department. Active in diversity activities and organizations, Shi was recognized in 2005 by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Law Foundation and received a 2002 National Asian American Corporate Achievement Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans. Shi received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in and holds a B.A. degree in behavioral biology from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.

For this meeting, we are pleased to encourage in-house Marketing Pofessional Members to invite their Recruiting colleagues to attend at the Member pricing ($75). To take advantage of this offer, register as a non-member using code: DIV

Thursday, February 15

12:30 – Program

$75 for Members in advance

$105 for Non-Members in advance

Registration Options:

ADVANCED REGISTRATION – PAY BY CREDIT CARD (until February 13):

Credit card payments can be accepted by registering on our secure website: www.nylma.org.

NOTE: You must cancel your registration by February 13 or you will be charged for attendance.

REGULAR REGISTRATION – PAY BY CREDIT CARD (until February 14):
Although advanced registration pricing ends on February 13, you may register at www.nylma.org using your credit card until Wednesday, February 14. NOTE: Registrations received after February 13 will be non-refundable.

ADVANCED REGISTRATION – PAY AT THE DOOR (Check, Check or Credit Card):
You may register in advance online at: www.nylma.org and pay at the door. In order to receive advanced registration pricing, you must reserve your space by Tuesday, February 13. NOTE: You must cancel your registration by February 13 or you will be charged for attendance.

AT THE DOOR REGISTRATION

You may register at the door and pay by credit card, check or cash.

For additional information on the registration / payment process, please email stores@alm.com

Come join us and catch up with your colleagues at our annual NYCRA Holiday Party.

NYCRA Holiday Party at The Ava Lounge
Dream Hotel
210 West 55th Street (between Broadway & 7th Avenue)

Thursday, January 11, 2007
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Please RSVP to nicole.white@bryancave.com if you will be able to attend.

Nominating Committee:
Northeast Region
 
Wanted: Nominations for NALP Leadership Positions!
 

The NALP Nominating Committee is currently soliciting nominations for NALP 2007-2008 leadership positions. As Northeast Region representatives, we humbly urge you to consider nominating yourself or one or more of your NALP colleagues. Please take some time to think about the many NALP professionals you’ve encountered at the annual conference, in city group organizations and other settings, and browse your NALP membership directory.  We are all responsible for ensuring that the Northeast Region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York) is well-represented in NALP leadership during 2007-2008, so please consider colleagues from within our region first.  If you would like to nominate individuals from states outside of the Northeast, we will make sure that their names are forwarded to the appropriate Nominating Committee members.
 
What Positions are Available?
 
* President-Elect - (any region, school or employer)
* Treasurer - (any region, school or employer)
* At-Large Director - (5 positions - any region, school or employer)
* Nominating Committee - (1 school and 1 employer for each region)
* Regional Coordinator - (1 school and 1 employer for each region)
 
What is the Nominating Process?
 
Consult the attached positions description forms, then complete the enclosed form and mail, fax or e-mail it to one of us as soon as possible, but no later than December 5, 2006.
 
If you have any questions about the positions or the nominating process, please do not hesitate to contact either one of us directly. Thank you very much for your assistance!
 
Sincerely,