Vault and the MCCA Announce Legal Diversity Job Fair; Landmark Event to Take Place in New York City on April 22.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Vault Inc. (www.vault.com) and the Minority Corporate Council Association are delighted to announce the Vault Legal Diversity Job Fair, taking place on April 22nd at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The first large-scale national event of its kind, serving women, minorities, and the GLBT GLBT Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered community, the aim of the Vault Legal Diversity Job Fair is to expose minority law students and associates to the best possible career opportunities. Law industry leaders and firm recruiters, as well as heads of law firm and corporate diversity committees, will be present at this landmark event to give an insider's perspective on what top firms are doing to increase diversity and to advise minority, women and GLBT law students and associates on their legal career options. Event details: --Over 1,400 law students and lateral associates from across the US have signed up to attend this exciting event. --More than 70 legal employers will be exhibiting at the event including law firms, government agencies, legal recruiters and corporate legal departments. They include AstraZeneca; Dewey Ballantine; Fish & Richardson; GlaxoSmithKline; Hunton & Williams; Kenyon & Kenyon; KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen ; Latham & Watkins; LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae; Littler Mendelson; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and the United States Department of Justice “Justice Department” redirects here. For other uses, see Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a Cabinet department in the United States government designed to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States . --A networking reception sponsored by law firm Paul Hastings will be held on Friday, April 21st. Law students and lateral associates are invited to schmooze with law firm partners and recruiting professionals, corporate counsel and other leaders in the legal industry. The event's keynote speaker is James Potter, VP, General Counsel & Secretary of Del Monte Foods Del Monte Foods (NYSE: DLM) is an American food production and distribution company based in San Francisco, California. It offers canned goods in Del Monte, S&W and Contadina brands, pet foods under Kibbles n' Bits, 9Lives, Pounce, Milk-Bone and several premium brands, Corporation. --A breakfast reception sponsored by law firm Jenner & Block will be held on Saturday, April 22nd. The event's keynote speaker is Michele Coleman Mayes, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul and General Counsel of Pitney Bowes Inc. --A luncheon reception sponsored by law firm Orrick will be held on Saturday, April 22nd. The event's keynote speaker is Dennis P. Duffy Esq., Vice President & Associate General Counsel of Time Warner Inc. --Leadership and career development breakout sessions will be held throughout the day on Saturday and will address the following topics: tips for a successful summer associate experience, mock interviews, qualities employers look for in a potential candidate, and alternative legal careers. --Available on Saturday is a Career Center & Internet Cafe, sponsored by law firm Patton Boggs, where law students and lateral associates can receive resume advice, print resumes and gain free access to Vault's treasure trove of information on legal careers and legal employers. --An advisory group of thought leaders in the field has worked with Vault and MCCA MCCA Minority Corporate Counsel Association MCCA Massachusetts Convention Center Authority MCCA Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (Australia) MCCA Marketing Communication Consultants Association to assist in the planning and execution of the Vault Legal Diversity Job Fair. Members of the advisory group include Sharon Bowen, Partner at Latham & Watkins and Vice-Chair of the firm's Diversity Committee; Marcia Henry, Treasurer and Symposium Co-Chair of the NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) Black Allied Law Students Association; David Hernandez, Founder and Partner of David Hernandez at Law and President-Elect of the Hispanic Bar Association; Amy Lin Meyerson, President of the National Asian Pacific Bar Association; Kiisha Morrow, Diversity Manager at Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Laurie Robinson, Founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corporate Counsel Women of Color and Assistant General Counsel at CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Broadcasting, Inc.; and Sejal Sanghvi, JD Advisor, Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Law is considered one of the most prestigious law schools in the United States. Office of Career Services. --The schedule of events at the Vault Legal Diversity Job Fair is as follows: Networking Reception: Friday, April 21, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM Diversity Career Fair: Saturday, April 22, 2006 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM For more information on the Vault Legal Diversity Job Fair, please visit: www.Vault.com/legaldiversity About Vault Inc. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Vault Inc. is the leading media company focused on careers. Vault offers over 100 nationally distributed books, from the best-selling Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms to the Vault Guide to Schmoozing. Vault is celebrated for its online resource, www.vault.com -- which offers surveys and "insider" information on more than 4,500 employers, 4,000 colleges and universities, and hundreds of industries and occupations -- as well as the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of message boards for professionals with nearly 2,000,000 searchable posts. Vault was founded in 1996 by Hussam Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman. |
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