Events

"Make Legal Information Accessible
to Internal Business Partners"

We invite you to join your ACCBC peers to discuss how to best make legal information accessible to our internal business partners: what works, what doesn’t, what would we like to see. What is the role for legal FAQs, templates, training, knowledge hubs, apps, automation, auto-email responses, wikis, and maybe even an your AI-powered legal avatar? Bring your accomplishments, ideas, questions and challenges in making legal information more accessible and/or self-serve within your organization.

Our roundtables have no formal agenda! Agenda topics for the discussion are determined by the participants of the roundtable.

Bring your recommendations, questions and challenges to a table of in-house counsel, and gain valuable feedback and solutions from your peers.

These small group discussions are private, candid, and designed to provide peer support - by in-house, for in-house.

This event is open to both ACC members and non-members.

This event will qualify for up to 1.0 hours of CPD credits from the Law Society of BC

Join Littler Orlando attorneys for a creative employment law update that will provide a wide-ranging review of the most vexing challenges currently facing Florida employers. We will review recent developments related discrimination claims, examine wage and hour pitfalls and litigation trends, and discuss remote work headaches and opportunities. We will also provide timely updates on the dynamic state of marijuana legalization, important changes at the NLRB, and the latest on the proliferation of paid leave laws.

This interactive 1.0 CLE will include a custom improv session from the professional actors of SAK Comedy Lab!

3:00-3:30 pm: Registration, Drinks and Appetizers

3:30-5:30 pm: CLE and Improv Class

5:30-6:00 pm: Networking, Drinks and Appetizers

Discussion highlighting key aspects of an effectively designed and maintained corporate compliance and ethics program and current trends in corporate compliance based on recently issued DOJ whitepapers and memorandums.

Following Students for Fair Admissions, What Comes Next for DEI and ESG Initiatives

The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina is reverberating far beyond institutions of higher education. Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are under fire from shareholders, state governments and outsiders alike.  The financial industry faces its own unique challenges stemming from Dodd-Frank’s recommendations to adopt DEI standards and submit annual DEI reports to regulators.

In this roundtable discussion moderated by Ballard Spahr attorney Karla Vehrs, her colleagues Kahlil Williams, Brendan K. Collins, and Charles G. Frohman will cover the effects seen to date in the areas of regulatory affairs, sustainability, securities litigation, corporate governance and employment law, how businesses are choosing to respond, and what the future looks like for DEI and ESG initiatives. Join our panel as they share their experiences navigating this important, evolving issue.

Moderator:
Karla Vehrs, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Panelists:
Charles Frohman, Of Counsel, Ballard Spahr
Brendan Collins, Partner, Ballard Spahr
Kahlil Williams, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Admission is free and open to ACC members and to in-house counsel first-time guests. 1.0 Standard CLE credit is pending in Minnesota.

Convenient free parking abounds in the adjacent ramps.

Thanks to our sponsor, Ballard Spahr!

AGENDA

2:45 – 2:55 p.m.
Registration

2:55 – 3:00 p.m.
Welcome

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
“Ethically Speaking”
An interactive overview of ethical rules and hypothetical ethics issues commonly faced by in-house counsel.
Speakers: Jesse Shamp, Senior Associate; Christina Wieg, Senior Associate; Chelsea Fletcher Cook, Associate; and Nicole Mattingly, Associate; Frost Brown Todd
 

4:00 – 4:10 p.m.
Break

4:10 – 5:10 p.m.
“Best Practices for In-House Counsel and Litigators in Federal Courts”
Guest speaker Judge Edmund Sargus, Jr. of the Southern District of Ohio will speak on his significant legal experience and best practices for litigators and corporate counsel in federal litigation. Judge Sargus will also be taking questions from participants.
Speaker: Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., Southern District of Ohio

5:10 – 6:0 0 p.m.
Networking Session/Happy Hour
We will be providing beer from Land Grant Brewery and Ray Ray’s Barbecue.

CLE
This course is pending approval, by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education, for a total of 2.0 hours, including 1.0 hours of professional conduct credit.

LOCATION
Frost Brown Todd, LLP
10 W. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215

PARKING
Parking is available at several surface lots, garages nearby, and metered parking on the street. The LeVeque garage connects to the building at 40 N. Front Street. Use the walkway on level two of the garage to access the building. Visitors will walk through the loft overlooking the lobby of the LeVeque Hotel and continue down the hallway and into another walkway that leads to 10 W. Broad. Continue through the revolving doors and down the escalator to 10 W. Broad lobby.

REGISTRATION
The cost of the program is $25/members and $45/non-members. Registration and payment can be made online. Refunds will be honored up to Thursday, December 7, 2023. There will be no refunds after this date.

(Our law firm-sponsored events are open to CO-ACC members, prospective CO-ACC members, and guests of the sponsoring firm. Membership ineligibility includes attorneys presently working in law firms. ACC membership is open to individuals who are engaged in the active practice of law employed by organizations in either the private or public sector, do not have regulatory, enforcement or policymaking responsibilities nor work in an institution with such authority, and do not hold themselves out to the public for the practice of law.)

ACCGP is headed to the Lehigh Valley with Stevens & Lee!

Join us on November 8th at blue grillhouse, known as the best seafood and steakhouse in Bethlehem, PA for a evening of networking and delicious food and drink!  

Your support of this event will ensure that we continue to have programs in this region. The venue is a quick 90 minute trip from Center City Philadelphia. It's worth the short trip to enjoy a cocktail reception with your counterparts!

Federal contracts and grants are subject to complex cost and pricing requirements and extensive government oversight and audit.  The consequences of non-compliance with these requirements can be significant, including withholdings, cost disallowances, clawbacks, interest, penalties, and treble damages. 

Please join us for a panel discussion providing an update on recent Court and Board decisions impacting government and industry, government audit trends and issues, and other cost and pricing developments.  

Presented by Kathryn (Katie) Griffin, Partner at Haynes Boone, Laura Semple, Assistant General Counsel at Amentum and Matthew Popham, Sr. Vice President, Government Compliance Director at Leidos.

1.5 Hours of VA MCLE pending.

So You Want to Be An In-House Counsel…Now What?

Following an esteemed panel, ACC-NYC members will be partnered with Fordham Law students in speed networking breakouts where law students will practice their very own elevator pitch and receive on the spot feedback from our members.

This program will have offer one (1) hour panel designed for the following audiences: 
1) 1Ls/2Ls/3Ls students - pointed entry level advice for preparing and pursuing an in-house career; and
2) LLM Students/Alumni – pointed advice to discuss the nuances of career transitions and pursuing an in-house career. 

All participants will be invited to a closing networking reception following the panel.

Dinner will be provided.  Space is limited.

ACC Members/In-House Counsel:  Please support ACC-NYC and the Fordham Law school community as we present, So You Want to Be An In-House Counsel…Now What?  We need our members to assist us in preparing the next generations of attorneys for in-house careers by helping them hone their conversation and networking skills.

Please  join ACC NCR’s Professional Development Partner - Beacon Hill Staffing -  for a HOLIDAY CELEBRATION at Punch Bowl in Ballston.

We will enjoy the  Camp Lounge on Level 2 with food, drinks, karaoke, giant scrabble, ping-pong, and a pair of mini bowling lanes. We have lounge furniture and fun spaces to mingle with friends.   

Parking:
You may park in the deck for Ballston Quarter Mall ($1 for the first 3 hours and then higher hourly rates beyond that time frame). Try to park on Level G4 which has the best access point for Punch Bowl, which is part of Ballston Quarter Mall. This venue DOES NOT validate your parking.

We want you to enjoy a fun evening out at one of DC’s cool spots and hope you will join us! 

Join ACC St. Louis and the 2023 Sponsors for a fun evening of networking, wine tastings and charcuterie on Tuesday, November 14th at the Wild Crush Wine Bar! 

• Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres in a fun environment.
• Charcuterie and flatbreads crafted for you!
• Win prizes and go home with new connections

Schedule:

5:00 – Registration Check-In, Networking and Food & Beverages
5:45 – Welcome, Announcements and Wine Tastings with Sommelier     
6:35 – Raffle Drawings and more networking!
7:30 – Adjourn

Location:

 Wild Crush Wine Bar
16630 Clayton Rd 
Town & Country, MO 63131
Complimentary parking

Get to know the 2023 Sponsors and your in-house colleagues on a new level during an evening of fun and professional networking.

Member Notice:

*This is a complimentary event for members and sponsors.  
A credit card will be required to complete registration, but only be charged for no-show or late cancellation after November 11 at Noon.