#MBBA Learns: Support for Black Law Students
In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the MBBA is hosting a series webinars for Black law students intended to provide strategies, useful tools, and foster a sense of community which is essential to achieving successful learning outcomes. Each session will feature two practitioners from solo and/or small firms and will be moderated by a MBBA board member.
The sessions are not recorded. The sessions will be shaped by questions and concerns submitted anonymously in advance, however, topics during these frank conversations with students may include:
Understanding and Maintaining Motivation
Wellness During Social Isolation
Building Community In On-line Classes
Dealing with the “Home Office” and disruption (e.g., children, pets, technology)
Professional development/branding
Session 1
August 17, 2020 6:00PM – 7:00PM
Moderator and Panelists Pending
Please submit your anonymous questions and concerns via the form available: pending
In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and recent incidents of racial injustice, the MBBA will be hosting a series of three 60-minute sessions for Black solo and small firm attorneys intended to provide career support. Each session will feature two practitioners from solo and/or small firms and will be moderated MBBA board members.
The sessions will not be recorded. Each session will be shaped by questions and concerns submitted anonymously prior to each session, however topics during these frank conversations with in-house attorneys may include:
- Generating business
- Staying relevant and connected virtually (including with clients, potential clients, colleagues, and your personal network)
- Running a virtual/remote practice
- Dealing with the “Home Office” and disruption (e.g., children, pets, technology)
- Mental health support/dealing with feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and isolated
- Professional development/branding
August 25, 2020 – 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Moderator:
Paula T. Edgar, Partner Inclusion Strategy Solutions, LLC and MBBA Treasurer
Panelists:
Angela Barker, Esq. – Owner, Law Office of Angela Barker LLC.
Kerry D. Archer, Esq. – Partner, Douglass Rademacher LLP.
Please submit your anonymous questions and concerns via the form available HERE.
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You are invited to attend the MBBA‘s Quarterly Membership Meeting on Monday, September 21st at 6:00 pm via the Zoom virtual platform. Learn more about the MBBA and how you can become active in our various Sections and Divisions.
There will also be a special 60 minute presentation by the Black Gotham Experience with Kamau Ware about the impact of the African Diaspora on the making of New York City and the birth of the United States of America. Sponsored by Allen & Overy’s Black & Latinx Affinity Group.
If you have any questions, please contact info@mbbanyc.org
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If you have any questions, please contact info@mbbanyc.org
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You are invited to attend the MBBA‘s Quarterly Membership Meeting on Monday, March 15th at 6:30 pm via the Zoom virtual platform.
If you have any questions, please contact info@mbbanyc.org
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