The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
The Global Women in Law & Leadership Symposium and Honors Dinner is an opportunity to bring high level professionals together to explore the many issues confronting women in the workplace, particularly in the corporate legal profession.The symposium will include programing focused on career strategies, leadership, and wellness.The honors program will include keynotes, networking, and a dinner honoring women leaders.
Join us for an interactive panel discussion between in-house counsel and leaders in anti-discrimination investigations about ways companies can address social justice concerns, including conducting Racial Equity Audits, which are an analysis of a company’s practices, policies and histories used to combat systemic racism in order to end discrimination within or exhibited by the company. Racial Equity Audits can focus on various aspects of a company’s business, including the treatment of customers, the diversity of senior management, the targeting of products and even political contributions. Hear perspectives from experienced litigators within this field and learn more about what you can be doing to improve your company’s internal practices and policies.
We will discuss:
• An overview of the ESG landscape today
• How ESG ties into shareholder activism
• The recent push for Racial Equity Audits
• How Racial Equity Audits may boost financial returns and growth
MBK /MSK have reserved tables at several NYC restaurants for "Dutch Treat Dine Arounds". Reservations are limited to 10 attendees and each attendee is expected to cover their own meal.
Cybersecurity touches every aspect of consumer and corporate culture today. Preventing, preparing for and responding to data breaches in real time is a chief concern for individuals, corporate leaders and government regulators.
The ACC Foundation, in collaboration with EY, is pleased to present the 2022 State of Cybersecurity Report, An In-house Perspective. Building on the results of the 2015, 2018, and 2020 editions of this survey, this report sheds light on the growing role that legal departments are playing in organization-wide cybersecurity policies and practices.
The data included in the report represents 265 companies in 17 industries and 24 countries around the world, providing a comprehensive understanding of how legal departments in organizations of different sizes engage in cybersecurity matters. The respondents' diversity allows us to learn lessons that can be applied on a global scale to face a threat that is also global in nature.
ESG is top of mind for businesses and, consequently, their counsel. Once a business gets past “what” ESG is, it still is faced with “how” to do it. That is further complicated by an ever-growing patchwork of regulatory frameworks at the international, federal, state and even municipal levels; anti-ESG efforts underway at both the federal and state levels; and a rise in greenwashing enforcement actions and litigation. This presentation will look at what ESG is—including, in particular, intersections with DEI—and what counsel can do to help businesses get through the “what” and “how” of ESG.
The concept of taking up space can sound abstract. The ways in which women are expected to play small are not abstract, however. In our personal and professional life trajectories we adjust and adapt to our environments on the path to our definitions of success. What helps? What hurts? What used to help but now hurts? In this interactive session we will identify barriers to the glass (and bamboo and concrete) ceiling, the challenges to falling off the glass cliff, and concrete strategies on taking up space as wholehearted women. Finally, this session will include some somatic practices we can use as we navigate becoming our best and freest selves.
