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All Eyes on Me: Owning the Moment, Shaping the Future

 

UCLA Schoenberg Hall and University Club

UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. 

Speakers are subject to change.

 

7:45 - Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

9:00 - Introduction

• Kirsten Grohs '25, Associate, Paul Hastings LLP
• Jennifer Lee '07, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

 

9:05 - When the World Is Watching: Leadership and Legal Advice under Global Scrutiny
(Application Pending: 1 hour of California MCLE Credit.)

• Moderated by Heather Anderson '97, Vice President, Original Content and Business Affairs ESPN
• Lisa Horowitz, Associate General Counsel, LA28
• Catrice Monson '97, Vice President Labor Relations, Netflix and Lecturer in Law, UCLA School of Law
• Katrina Mulligan '07, Head of National Security Partnerships, Open AI for Government

 

10:00 - Using Deloitte's Business Chemistry® Framework to Recognize and Strategically Mitigate   Implicit Bias in the Profession and Society
(Application Pending: 1 hour of California MCLE Civility Credit.)

• Introduction by Amber Munoz '19, Counsel, The Wonderful Company
• Ashley Smith, Managing Director, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP

 

10:55 - Coffee Break

 

11:15 - You Choose One: Concurrent Breakout Sessions
(Application Pending: 1 hour of California MCLE Credit.)

Tackling the Biggest Shifts in Entertainment Law

• Anna Tran Reyna ’98, Deputy Chief Counsel, The Walt Disney Company, Moderator
• Alexa Camarena ‘14, Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs, Feature Film & Television, Mattel
• Mojdeh (Mo) Rosenzweig ’12, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon Studios
• Xiyin Tang, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

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Free Speech, Full Rights, Where We Stand, Our Role in What Comes Next

• Tanya Greene ’13, Partner, DLA Piper, Moderator
• Melissa Goodman, Executive Director, UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Law and Policy
• Laurie Levenson ’80, Professor, Loyola Law School
• Katie Townsend, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Women Dealmakers at the Center of Strategic Transactions

• Nicole Howell ’13, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Moderator
• Danielle Katzir ’04, Division General Counsel, Irvine Company
• Lisa Kwon ’04, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Ingram Micro
• Celaena Powder ’16, Chief Legal Officer, Seismic
• Kate Sheets ’10, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Affairs, AEG Global Partnerships

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AI, Algorithms & the Future of Employment Decisions

• Felicia Davis ’09, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP, Moderator
• Angel James Horacek ‘06, Law Offices of Angel James Horacek
• Jinouth Martinez (Vazquez-Santos), Global Privacy Counsel, Amazon
• Angela Reddock-Wright ‘95, Mediator, Signature Resolution; Host, The Legal Lens Podcast
• Marjorie Soto Garcia ‘16, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

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Navigating International Issues in Modern Legal Practice

• Hana Oh ‘16, Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel, Moderator
• Chantal Hwang ‘10, Director, Legal, NVIDIA
• Gauri Manglik ‘07, Vice President & General Counsel, GoFundMe

 

12:10 - Lunch – The University Club

 

1:30 - When Converging Pressure Tests the Guardian of Justice
(Application Pending: 1 hour of California MCLE Ethics Credit.)

• Johanna Schiavoni '02, Appellate Attorney, Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP, Moderator
• The Honorable Dolly M. Gee '84, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California
• The Honorable Mia Perez-Arroyo '99, Chief Judge and General Counsel, Texas “Yorimea” Band of Yaqui Indians
• The Honorable Jennifer Madden, Judge of the Superior Court, State of California, County of Alameda
• The Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw '79, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

 

2:30 - Leading the Legal Profession's Next Chapter in an Era of Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Turmoil
(Application Pending: .75 hour of California MCLE Credit.)

• Ryan Patel, world-renowned futurist and go-to authority on global business, political economy, and corporate governance; frequent TV contributor, Board Director, and Senior Fellow with the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University; host and Executive Producer of the Yahoo Finance original series “How They Run w/ Ryan Patel,” a leadership interview show featuring conversations with global decision‑makers, in conversation with
• Karna Nisewaner '00, Chief Legal Officer, Silicon Quantum Computing

 

3:15 - Voices Driving Global Humanitarian Action
(Application Pending:.25 hour of California MCLE Credit.)

• Hadar Harris '95, Executive Director, The Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA School of Law

 

3:30 - Closing

• Sarah Moses ’13, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

 

3:35 - Toasting Our LEADers: Cocktail and Networking Reception – The University Club