7th Circuit Fellows’ Fall Program for Law Students
Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016 Networking Reception from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm hosted by Littler Mendelson LLP,
321 North Clark Street, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL.
Saturday, October 8, 2016 Hosted by Winston & Strawn, 35 West Wacker Drive, 47th Floor, Chicago, IL
9:30 pm
Magistrate Judge Mary Rowland (USDC-NDIL) – A Judicial Perspective on the Employment Law Practice
10:00 am
The Fissured Workplace Moderator: Martin H. Malin, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
● Identifying the employer –
Jonathan D. Karmel, The Karmel Law Firm, Chicago, IL and
Burton L. Reiter, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Chicago, IL
● Classification and Misclassification – Patrick E. Deady, Hogan Marren Babbo & Rose, Ltd., Chicago, IL
and Joshua Ditelberg, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL
● Class Actions as the new collective bargaining – Marisel A. Hernandez, Jacobs Burns Orlove & Hernandez, Chicago, IL
and Kristen Michaels, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
11:30 am
Break
11:45 am
Additional Hot Topics
Moderator: Martin H. Malin, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
● What’s New in the World of Benefits –
● LGBT Issues –
Paul Mollica, Outten & Golden, Chicago, IL and
Diane M. Soubly, Butzel Long, Ann Arbor, MI
Lori D. Ecker, Law Office of Lori D. Ecker, Chicago, IL
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Transitioning to Practice: Getting Noticed, Getting Hired & Being Successful
Moderator: Richard Gonzalez, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
● Adele Rapport – Government attorney practice (Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights) (IL)
● Peter Ohr – Government attorney practice (National Labor Relations Board) (IL)
● James Beyer – In-house Counsel, former Management law practice (IL)
● Mark Olson - Management boutique law firm practice (WI)
● Charles Baldwin – Management law firm practice (IN)
● Howard Bernstein – Management law firm practice (IL)
● Tamara Cummings – Union In-House (IL)
● Timothy Hawks – Union firm (WI)
● Michael Wilder – Law Student to Hiring Partner in Ten Years (IL)
3:30 pm
Adjourn
These events are free of charge; however, an RSVP is required for both.
Please do so by Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
Jennifer Motley – 410.972.4712
[email protected]