DEI Collaborative Events
Upcoming Events
NBLSA - Navigating OCI: Do’s, Don’ts & Managing Stress
Join NBLSA and the Mindfulness in Law Society as we discuss successful strategies for acing upcoming OCI interviews, and how to manage the stress of OCI and the callback process. This program will feature: Jennifer Carrión, Lisa Brathwaite, and Shayla Bowles.
NBLSA - Detraumatizing Our Bodies, Minds, and Hearts
A conversation co-hosted by MILS and the National Black Law Students Association (NBLSA), which will be on “Detraumatizing Our Bodies, Minds and Hearts: A Conversation About Race, Policing and Mindfulness,” with Dr. Donald F. Tibbs, Race and Policing Expert at St. Thomas School of Law, and Bella Dilworth, MILS Board Member and 32-year trial lawyer and supervisor with the LA County Public Defender.
NBLSA - Why Do You Care About My Hair? Part II
Simone Yhap, NBLSA Parliamentarian, will moderate, and Professor Wendy Green, from the Drexel Kline School of Law, will speak about her instrumental role in increasing public awareness around natural hair as well as securing legal redress for grooming codes discrimination related to the discrimination African descendants encounter based upon their natural and protective hairstyles such as afros, twists, locs, and braids. MILS member, Stephanie Mills, will explore how mindfulness can support the legal advocacy work related to these important issues (and its attendant fallouts!). We will also continue the fascinating and educational dialogue that was started at the February conversation.
NBLSA - Why Do You Care About My Hair? Part I
Moderated by NBLSA Parliamentarian, Simon Yhap, MILS and NBLSA partnered up to address the perpetual sense of fear and shame of Black men and women wearing their natural hair in corporate America. Lead by MILS Advisory Board member, Professor Rhonda Magee, law students and legal professional discuss what it is like for them to wear their natural hair in the legal workplace.