Marlon Lutifiyya speaking at CALL May 2019 Business Meeting

May 2019 Business Meeting with Marlon Lutifiyya

On May 9, 2019, CALL hosted our Business Meeting at  Petterino’s with Marlon Lutifiyya, Director of Talent and Diversity at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, who spoke about diversity and inclusion in the legal community.

Sponsors

Alan Fanger of Empower Legal and John Wiora of ktMINE, both sponsored this meeting and shared information about the unique legal tools their companies provide.

Featured Speaker

Marlon LutifiyyaMarlon Lutifiyya, Director of Talent and Diversity at Neal Gerber Eisenberg shared the challenges of attracting, retaining and maximizing diversity and talent in the legal field.

 

Challenges

Mr. Lutifiyya highlighted the important role the library has played in addressing the default hiring practices that work against increasing diversity and inclusions.

Through the process, he noted how important it is to avoid “outsourcing” diversity work to rules alone. He said the library and other committed staff are essential to building a different company-wide commitment.

Award Winners

Committee Reports

Community Service Project

donations for The Anti-Cruelty Society at the May 2019 CALL Business Meeting
donations for The Anti-Cruelty Society

The Community Service committee collected in-kind donations and cash for The Anti-Cruelty Society, which, at 120 years old, is Chicago’s oldest and most comprehensive animal welfare organization.  You can also donate online via the links below.   If you donate online, please indicate that the gift is on behalf of Chicago Association of Law Libraries.

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