Improving Diversity in the Insolvency Industry
In 2019, ABI instituted a Diversity and Inclusion Working Group to address issues with diversity, including racial diversity, within ABI, its leadership and our industry. The mission of the Working Group was to develop recommendations to increase diversity within ABI and its leadership, to help create opportunities for diverse ABI members, and otherwise to promote diversity within ABI and within our professions. Click below to read an update on ABI's Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
Click below to read an update on ABI's Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
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The following session took place during the Discovering Restructuring Expertise and Mentorship Symposium held at Howard University School of Law in November 2024.
Panel: The Honorable Klinette H. Kindred (Bankr. E.D. Va.) & Professor Matthew Bruckner (Howard University School of Law)
Moderators: Abimbola Omalafe (Howard University School of Law) & Bronson Haynes (Howard University School of Law)
The following session took place during the Discovering Restructuring Expertise and Mentorship Symposium held at Howard University School of Law in November 2024.
Panel: The Honorable Christopher M. Lopez (Bankr. S. D. Tx), Travis Torrence, Esq. (U.S. Head of Legal, Shell USA, Inc.), Charles Beckham, Jr., Esq. & Re’Necia Sherald, Esq. (Haynes and Boone, LLP), Professor Melissa Jacoby (Graham Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sullivan & Cromwell Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Fall 2024)
Moderators: The Honorable Michelle M. Harner (Bankr. D. Md.) & Kim Hooks (Howard University School of Law)
Introduction: Jaden Cody, SBA President (Howard University School of Law)
The following session took place during the Discovering Restructuring Expertise and Mentorship Symposium held at Howard University School of Law in November 2024.
Panel: The Honorable Erithe A. Smith (Bankr. C.D. Cal.), Melissa Wood, Esq. (Senior Staff Counsel, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals), Professor Tuneen Chisolm (Howard University School of Law), Michael Baxter, Esq. (Covington & Burling LLP) & Just the Beginning Representative
Moderators: Darwin Perry, Esq. (Law Clerk & Howard Law Alum) & Miles Taylor, Esq. (Dechert, LLP & Howard Law Alum)
The following session took place during the Discovering Restructuring Expertise and Mentorship Symposium held at Howard University School of Law in November 2024.
Panel: The Honorable Elizabeth L. Gunn (Bankr. D.D.C.), Tara Twomey (Director, Executive Office, U.S. Trustee Program), Ryan Manns, Esq. (Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP & Howard Law Alum), Narendra Ganti (FTI Consulting) & Erik Goodman, Esq. (Tzedek DC)
Moderators: Emony Robertson, Esq. (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP & Howard Law Alum) & Josiah Mercado-Lawson (Howard University School of Law)
The following session took place during the Discovering Restructuring Expertise and Mentorship Symposium held at Howard University School of Law in November 2024.
Panel: Discussion with Author, Professor Melissa Jacoby (Graham Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sullivan & Cromwell Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Fall 2024)
Moderators: Elizabeth Gabaud (Tavenner & Beran, PLC & Howard Law Alum) & Professor Dalié Jiménez (Professor of Law at the UC Irvine School of Law and Director of its Student Loan Law Initiative)
Introduction: Rachelle Domond (Howard University School of Law)
In a recent survey, 93% of people said that they have used the past year to reflect on their lives, and 88% said that the meaning of success had changed for them since the pandemic. Yet the number of lawyers suffering from depression, anxiety and substance abuse is greater than ever. How can we help others — and ourselves — navigate this dichotomy? What impact will this have on the ethics policies within the industry?
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