Ms. JD's 2020 Law Student Leadership Academy will take place on October 29th and 30th. It will feature attorneys, thought leaders, and professional development professionals speaking on their personal experiences of women in leadership positions and their advice on developing the professional skills required to become and support women in leadership. Participation in the Leadership Academy will greatly enhance your national law school network, equip you with tools necessary for professional development, and will generally provide opportunities that would not have existed otherwise.
--Thursday, October 29th--
1:00- 2:15 pm EST: Harnessing Collective Energy to Transform Institutional Power feat. Bendita Cynthia Malakia, Esq., CPC, ELI-MP and Elena Nightingale Dawson
2:30- 3:45 pm EST: Disrupting Barriers to Leadership, Speaker TBA
4:00- 5:15 pm EST: The Power of Sponsorship with Carla Reeves, Nefertiti J. Alexander, & Rodney C. Pratt
--Friday, October 30th--
1:00- 2:15 pm EST: Keynote Conversation: Lessons on Leadership featuring Keynote Speaker, Rivera, Kim
2:30- 3:45 pm EST: Leadership Mindset: Design Thinking with Scott Westfahl
4:00- 5:15 pm EST: Lifting As We Climb: Role of Law Student Leaders in Advancing Women in the Legal Profession feat. Genevieve Antono, Jessica Biondo, Oumou Keita, & Carmen Y. Day, Esq.