Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Black General Counsel Perspective on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Canada

Overview

As part of our efforts to honour Black History Month, we invite you to join us for a Black General Counsel panel discussion on Wednesday, February 16th from 4:00 – 5:00 pm followed by a 15 minute Q&A.

The panel will feature:

Terrie-Lynne Devonish, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Altus Group
Sue-Lynn Noel, Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Purolator Inc.
Patrice Rouse, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Farm Mutual Re

The discussion will include:

Current landscape of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and progress made (or lack thereof)
The challenges and barriers faced by Black lawyers
The role of legal departments and law firms in advancing EDI in the legal industry
In-house counsel’s EDI expectations of outside counsel

Please note that this webinar will be held in English with a live French translation audio option.

Agenda

3:50 pm ET / 12:50 pm PT Registration opens
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm ET / 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm PT Panel discussion and Q&A

Cost

This webinar is complimentary

Type

This event is only available via webinar

This program contains 1 hour and 15 minutes of EDI Professionalism content.

LSO Accredited EDI

1.25^Hours Available Via Webinar

Note: Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.

This program contains 1 hour and 15 minutes of Professional responsibility and ethics content for the Law Society of British Columbia.

A confirmation of participation will be sent to you for your continuing education hours with the Barreau du Québec.

For CPD/CLE in other jurisdictions, please contact your local Law Society.