Events

Austin TX TBD More details to come. Sedgwick SF / Skadden SV The results of our long-awaited salary survey are here!

In addition to presenting the data and its implications/conclusions, Kari Anne Tuohy is planning to address the following PD topics: Managing up and down; getting access to info and partners/deans; negotiating for more $/resources/staff; having influence and impact; and working through the layers in your organization. (She will be presenting at the SF meeting.)
Is there anything else you’d like her to cover?
Feel free to email suggestions to Sabrina Lonergan by Friday, February 3rd, and she will pass them along to Kari Anne: Sabrina.Lonergan@sedgwicklaw.com

Meeting Locations
Silicon Valley:
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
525 University Avenue
Suite 1100
Palo Alto, CA 94301
RSVP to: Benson Lee

San Francisco:
SEDGWICK LLP
One Market Plaza
Steuart Tower - 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
RSVP to: Anne Lloyd
Morrison & Foerster SF & SV First meeting of the year. Discuss news/updates, introduction of the Board and Commitee Chairs, calendar of meetings & events, any other business.
Pedro's Cantina 128 King St (between 2nd St & 3rd St) San Francisco Sedgwick LLP 333 Bush Street 30th Floor The meeting will begin with a presentation by Nimesh Gumta (from Top Prospect) and Kerry Whitman (from The Whitman Group) on 1) the state of social recruiting, 2) state of legal recruiting, and 3) the result when combining social recruiting with legal recruiting. Marina Sarmiento Feehan, Assistant Director for the Office of Career Planning at USF, will follow with a LinkedIn training session. There will be a happy hour starting at 5 p.m. hosted by Top Prospect at Sedgwick.
Wilson, Sonsini - SF & SV Presenter will be Debra Smith, Senior Trial Attorney from the EEOC. She will be discussing the do's and don'ts for Legal Recruiters and Counselors. Poplar Creek Grill 1700 Coyote Point Drive San Mateo CA 94401
Gibson Dunn (SF) & Weil Gotshal (SV) Presenter will be Barry Posner, Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, where he served for 12 years as Dean of the School. Barry received the American Society for Training and Development’s highest award for their Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance. He is co-author of the award-winning and best-selling leadership book: The Leadership Challenge. Described as a groundbreaking research study, this book combines keen insights with practical applications and captures both why and how leadership is everyone's business. Orrick - SF & SV Presenter will be Whittney Graham-Beard, JD, PCC, a lawyer and ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach who brings a unique blend of enthusiasm, intelligence, humor and compassion to her coaching and presenting. She is currently the West Coast Career Guidance Manager for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

Thank you to Orrick in Palo Alto & San Francisco for hosting! Lunch will be served.
Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center Crystal Springs Golf Course Burlingame This year the conference looks to the future and focuses on member professional development. Program topics will include effective written communication, diversity awareness for recruiting professionals, shaping the BALRA strategic plan and a career advancement panel full of successful and admirable leaders. The conference will be immediately followed by a "happy hour" from 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Bingham (SF) & Simpson (SV)

Presenter will be Terri Mottershead. Terri is the founding Principal of Mottershead Consulting – Change and Talent Development Strategists. She brings more than 27 years of experience in management, international law practice, legal institution building, talent management, organizational development, stakeholder engagement and consensus building, legal education and management training to her consulting work.