The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
– Ernest Hemingway
Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well. Last month, we celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month at the New York City Bar Association! We highlighted LegacyMaker Mario L. Baeza, the first Hispanic/Latinx to be promoted to the partner level as an associate in a large New York City law firm, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP. Mario shared his journey from his wonderful beginnings in Cuba to running The Baeza Group LLC, an entertainment company which produces and distributes educational motion picture and television programming. His team is currently digitizing all of Cuba’s radio and television from the 1920s and 1950s respectively. View our fireside chat with Mario here . Special thanks to our sponsors, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Sterling National Bank’s Law Firm Banking Group .

We’ve expanded our programming to strengthen the student pipeline! In response to the recommendations in the City Bar’s Sealing the Leaks pipeline report, the Office established the Thurgood Marshall Professional Development Series (TMPDS). TMPDS is designed to help diverse New York City public high school students build vital job-seeking skills through workshops on topics such as resume writing, interviewing, and networking. To volunteer for our TMPDS workshops, please register here .

In addition to creating pathways to success for high school students, we are gearing up for another dynamic year of the Associate Leadership Institute (ALI), our signature program for law firm associates in their 4 th to 8 th year who have been identified by their firm for future leadership. Since 2017, four ALI alums have been promoted to partner and one to of counsel. This year, our Planning Committee will include in-house counsel from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, Morgan Stanley and Visa just to name a few. Nominations will be open through Friday, December 6, 2019. Nominate your associate today!

We are thrilled to partner with our newest signatories Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Duane Morris LLP . It is our honor to have the opportunity work with these outstanding firms for years to come!

Finally, Tuesday, December 3, 2019 is Giving Tuesday! Look out for our invitation to support the work we do here! Once again, your donation will support our high school students. The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is a 501(c)(3) and we count on the generous support of our individual donors and sponsoring law firms and corporate legal departments. If you would like to sponsor us, please review our sponsorship packet here. Together, we can #PowerThePipeline!

See you next month!
Deborah Martin Owens
Executive Director, Office for Diversity and Inclusion
New York City Bar Association
ICYMI: Office for Diversity & Inclusion's Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration ft. LegacyMaker Mario L. Baeza | Monday, October 14, 2019
Top Left: Mario L. Baeza, The Baeza Group LLC with c urrent and past employees of Debevoise & Plimpton
Top Right: Mario L. Baeza; Jeffrey Mercado, Senior Managing Director, Sterling National Bank
Bottom Left: Mario L. Baeza; Conrad Harper, Past President, NYC Bar Association  
Bottom Right: Left to right: Sally Bergmann, Debevoise; Deborah Martin Owens, Executive Director, Office for Diversity and Inclusion; President Roger Juan Maldonado, NYC Bar Association; Bret Parker, Executive Director, NYC Bar Association

View the full event video below.
ALI Throwback: Associate Leadership Institute
Bottom Left: Rainmaking and Business Development | 2019 Associate Leadership
Bottom Right: Closing Breakfast | 2019 Associate Leadership
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2020 Sponsorship packages have already been mailed out. Did your law firm or corporation receive one? Find out from your head of diversity! You can also support the Office by submitting the form here!
The City Bar is pleased to announce its fourth annual Associate Leadership Institute, an ABA award-winning series of high-level development trainings for mid-level and senior associates at our signatory firms, which includes keynote speakers, intensive training modules, and networking opportunities. Nominations are now open .
Deadline: Friday, December 6, 2019
Thursday, January 9, 2020 | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

If you are a law school, test prep company or pipeline program, please contact Devanshi Shah, Diversity Pipeline Initiatives Coordinator at dshah@nycbar.org to register.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Thursday, November 7, 2019 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Thursday, November 14, 2019 | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Monday, November 18, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

For more events, visit nycbar.org/calendar/events
Diverse Members Wanted!

Are you a NYC-area attorney or law student who is concerned about the practice of capital punishment in the United States? The Capital Punishment Committee has numerous ongoing projects for you to assist with, and encourages new members to create and develop their own projects. Applicants need not have significant experience in the field, but should have some demonstrated interest in criminal justice reform, human rights, or civil rights. If you are interested in joining the Capital Punishment Committee, contact Kate McMahon , Chair.
November 6, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:0 0 PM
Basking Ridge, NJ

November 7, 2019 | 8:45 AM – 7 :00 PM
Cipriani 42nd Street New York City

November 7, 2019 – November 8, 2019 
Conrad New York Downtown

November 12, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM  
Paul, Weiss, Rifken, Wharton & Garrison LLP

November 13, 2019 | 6:000 PM – 9 :00 PM
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers

November 14, 2019 | 8:00 AM – 10 :00 AM
151 W 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036

November 14, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 9 :00 PM
Harlem Parish

November 14, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 8 :00 PM
151 W 42nd Street, NY, NY 10036

November 16, 2019 | 12:30 PM – 3 :00 PM
Brooklyn Historical Society

November 19, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8 :00 PM
New York Law School

November 19, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 8 :00 PM
Event Oval, Diane Center, Barnard College

November 25, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8 :00 PM
Panasonic Corporation

December 3, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 11:00PM
Terrace On The Park
November 8, 2019 | 8:45 AM – 7 :00 PM
New York City Bar Association

November 8, 2019 – November 9, 2019
Columbia Law School

November 9, 2019 | 8:45 AM – 6:30 PM
Pearl Studios NYC
*Discount Code: TEAM10

November 11, 2019 | 8:45 AM – 6 :00 PM
Fordham Law School

November 14, 2019 | 3:00 PM – 8:30 PM
925 4th Avenue, Suite 2900, Seattle, WA 

November 15, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 5 :00 PM
The Interchurch Center

November 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 3 :00 PM
Columbia University, International Affairs Building

November 21, 2019 – November 22, 2019
Park Lane Hotel, NY, NY

December 10, 2019 – December 11, 2019
NY Marriott Marquis

December 10, 2019 – December 11, 2019
The Westin Times Square

September 17, 2020 – September 18, 2020
New York, NY

September 30, 2020 – October 2, 2020
The Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, TX
  • President

* Beveridge & Diamond , Washington; Seattle
  • Junior Environmental Litigation Associate 
  • Mid-Level Environmental Associate

City of New York, New York, NY
  • Supervising Attorney (Pre-Complaint Intervention)
  • Supervising Attorney (Gender-Based Harassment Unit)
  • Supervising Attorney (Employment)
  • Supervising Attorney
  • Agency Attorney 1 (Source of Income Unit)
  • Discriminatory Harassment Investigator (Queens)
  • Associate Human Rights Specialist (Bronx)
  • IT Program Director
  • Mediation Coordinator

* Clifford Chance US LLP , Multiple Locations

  • Federal Judicial Internships

* Fordham University , New York, New York


Legal Outreach, Long Island City, NY
  • Law-Related Education Coordinator

* Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) , New York, NY
  • Project Director

Morgan Stanley, New York, NY
  • 2020 Compliance Full Time Analyst Program

  • Program Coordinator – CLE (Entry Level)
  • Diversity and Inclusion Manager

* New York City Mayor’s Office , New York City, New York
  • Associate Counsel
  • Assistant General Counsel

* New York State Office of the Attorney General , New York City and Albany, NY

* Nixon Peabody , New York, New York 
  • Affordable Housing & Real Estate Department Attorney
  • Labor & Employment Associate
  • Complex Commercial Disputes Associate

* Rivkin Radler LLP , Uniondale, NY
  • Employment and Labor Attorney
 
* Robin Hood , New York, NY

The Legal Aid Society , New York, NY
  • Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

UnLocal, Inc., New York, NY
  • Rapid Response Attorney (Immigration)
  • Rapid Response Paralegal


*Additional Openings Available
November 13, 2019 | 8:30 AM – 10:3 0 AM
LMHQ

November 14, 2019 | 6:30 PM – 8:3 0 PM
LMHQ

Bottom Line, New York, NY
Join a leadership group of Bottom Line – an organization focused on supporting first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds – to and through college. The organization is actively seeking members for their Advisory Board and Leadership Council. Email Victoria Hulit for more information or visit their website .

Nonprofit New York, New York, NY
Nonprofit New York hosts a wide range of trainings from planning and evaluation to financial management to fundraising and resource development to communications and more. All trainings are open to staff or board member of a current Nonprofit New York member organization and non-member organization.
This past May, the NYS Unified Court System/Office of Court Administration (OCA) announced an initiative, known as Presumptive ADR, to proactively integrate alternative dispute resolution into the civil court system. Chief Judge DiFiore's and Chief Administrative Judge Mark's press release is available here .

Click here to read more, including about mediator training opportunities.

Fill out this survey to assist the Courts in generating a roster of qualified mediators and other neutrals.  
Be a Civics Day Judge for the 12th biannual Civics Day on Monday, December 9, 2019 at the NYC Bar Association.Civics Day is a fair for middle and high school students from across the region to present their action projects on issues affecting their community to local officials and community leaders like you. Sign-up to be a judge. Deadline is December 3rd.

Provide students an opportunity to apply what they have learned from networking training – personal elevator pitches, exchange business cards, and network – all before the buzzer signals the next move. Be a volunteer for 11th grade fellows. Register today.

Become an attorney-coach for the citywide high school Mock Trial competition hosted by The Justice Resource Center (JRC), in partnership with the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA). Sign-up here .

Want to take action for immigrant children at risk? The Safe Passage Project is looking for 250 new pro bono attorneys to represent immigrant children at risk. Prior immigration experience is NOT required. Sign-up to learn more.
The Office for Diversity and Inclusion is a part of the City Bar Fund , the 501(c)(3) arm of the New York City Bar Association. Our EIN is 13-6003018.