Archived Issue
May/June 2008
Cover Story: The Lawyer’s Road to Corporate Royalty
Learn more about top executive search professionals and their influence in placing today’s rising general counsel in leading national and global corporations.
Features
Columns
The Lawyer’s Road to Corporate Royalty
By Elisabeth Frater, Esq.
Left to right: June Eichbaum, Selena LaCroix and Julie Goldberg Photo by John Abbott Photography Just as men and women of color have ascended into critical roles in the legal…
A Firm Leg Up
By Melanie Lasoff Levs
Firms roll out formal mentoring programs to retain attorneys who might otherwise fall through the cracks. What does it mean to a young attorney, or a minority attorney at a…
DuPont’s Minority Counsel Network
By Francisco Ramos, Jr.
DuPont’s Minority Counsel Network and Its 10th Anniversary Minority Counsel Conference Before 1992, the DuPont Legal Department had more than 350 law firms representing the company. That year, the Legal…
Scholarship Program Graduates
By Naomi K. McLaurin, Esq.
The Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program’s Inaugural Class Graduates from Law School and Enters the Legal Profession Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. This fall, the legal profession will welcome the…
Notes from the Executive Director
By Veta T. Richardson
(left to right) Daria Grayer, Veta Richardson, and Charlie Bingham Photo by JGreg Knott Commencements On countless university campuses, new graduates prepare to receive their degrees, leave the familiarity of…
Vocation/ Avocation
By Patrick Folliard
Michael P. Chu The goal of this column is to enlighten our readers about the private endeavors of attorneys who are part of the MCCA network. By examining lawyers and…
Generational Perspectives
By Kara Mayer Robinson
The Judge Advocate General: Soaring to the Top The first Chinese American to attain the rank of General Officer in the U.S. Army passes down to his children his beliefs…
White Men and Diversity
By Dr. Arin N. Reeves
A Conversation with David E. Matyas Partner, Epstein Becker & Green The goal of this column is to provide a frank and forthright forum to explore the views of white…
Departments
Association Focus
By Francisco Ramos, Jr.
D'Arcy Kemnitz The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA) is an association of lawyers, judges, law students, activists, and affiliated lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender legal organizations dedicated…
Spotlighting
By Patrick Folliard
Marcus V. Brown The Big Easy Does It Marcus V. Brown As a law student in the mid-1980s, Marcus V. Brown, now associate general counsel for Entergy Services, Inc.,…
Diversity News
By MCCA
Sidley Austin’s “Prelaw Scholars Initiative” Enters Second Year Kathryn R. Stell Poised to announce its 2008 scholarship winners as this issue went to press, the Sidley Prelaw Scholars Initiative (Initiative)…
Movers & Shakers
