2004-04 - FLORIDA BAR ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM

Dear COLBAR members and friends:

The Florida Bar will be holding its first annual symposium on Diversity in the Legal Profession at St. Thomas Law School on April 16th, and 17th, 2004. I encourage all to attend this important event on an important topic.

Patrick Vilar, Esq.

“All aspects of the legal profession should reflect the makeup of our society”

To be held at St. Thomas University School of Law Moot Court Room 16401 NW 37th Avenue, Miami Gardens, Miami 33054

April 16 & 17, 2004

9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks MaryAnne Lukacs, Esquire, Chair Miles McGrane, III, President of the Florida Bar
Bob Butterworth, Dean St. Thomas University School of Law

Facilitator: Wilhelmina Tribble - Lowe, Tribble & Associates

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Historical Foundations: Definition of “Minority”
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Disabilities, Gay/Lesbian

Wilhelmina Tribble - Lowe, Tribble & Associates
Katherine Silverglate, Esquire
Matthew Dietz, Esquire - Chair of Bar’s Public Interest Law Section

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Greater Diversity in Legal Education: How do we achieve it?
Undergraduate Programs That Lead to Law School Applications
Applications to Law Schools
Graduation Efforts
Bar Passage
Mentor Programs
Leonard P. Strickman, Dean - Florida International University College of Law
Percy R. Luney, Jr., Dean, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Zana M. McIntosh, Director of Admissions - St. Thomas School of Law
Lee Stapleton Milford, Esquire
Katherine Silverglate, Esquire

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Diversity in the Legal Profession: Employment of Minorities
Judicial Clerkships
Private Sector / Retention
Public Sector
Mentor Programs
Honorable Harry Anstead - Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Allison Bethel, Esquire -Equal Opportunities Law Section
Dinita James, Esquire - President of FAWL
Ramon A. Abadin, Esquire - President, Cuban American Bar Assoc.
John Kozyak, Esquire - Equal Opportunities Law Section
Honorable Fred Seraphin - County Court Judge
Katherine Silverglate, Esquire
Ardyth Walker, Esquire, Equal Opportunities Law Section

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Bar Minority Membership Statistics
Section and Committee Appointments
Minority Leadership in Sections, Committees and the Board of Governors
Minority Affairs – Bar Staff Position
Ramon Abadin, Esquire - President of Cuban American Bar Assoc.
Honorable Harry Anstead - Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Tammy Fields, Esquire - Chair of Bar’s Equal Opportunities Law Section
Dinita James, Esquire - President of FAWL
Sharon Langer, Esquire
Richard Robles, Esquire - President of Puerto Rican Bar Association

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The Judiciary Minority Trial Judgeship Minority Appellate Judgeships
Judicial Nomination Commission Statewide
Honorable Belvin Perry, Jr. - Chief Judge of the 9th Judicial Circuit
Honorable Fred Seraphin - County Court Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit
Reginald Clyne, Esquire - Equal Opportunities Law Section

5:30 p.m. Reception