CLEO EDGE HONORS 2019

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Recognizing

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10 Outstanding Leaders in

E DUCATION D IVERSITY & GREATER EQUALITY Thursday, November 7, 2019 Google DC · Washington, DC

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PROGRAM & Recognizing

10 Outstanding Leaders in

E DUCATION D IVERSITY GREATER MASTER OF CEREMONIES ELeigh QUALITY Allen, II

VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT, CLEO, INC.

Welcome Occasion

Alex Ponce de Leon

DISCOVERY COUNSEL, GOOGLE, LLC

Arthur Affleck

VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS

Phyllis P. Harris

Acknowledgements

GENERAL COUNSEL, AMERICAN RED CROSS

Honorable Denise Owens

JUDGE, FIFTH CHANCERY COURT [MS]

Recognition of Honorees & Presentation of Awards Introduction of Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. by CLEO, Inc. Board Chair Presentation of CLEO EDGE Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Heritage Award Distinguished Honoree Remarks

Elizabeth A. Campbell

DIRECTOR, INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY

Angela Birch Cox

STRATEGIC PROJECTS DIRECTOR HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC.

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

SENIOR COUNSEL AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD, LLP

Honorable Deval L. Patrick

MANAGING DIRECTOR, BAIN CAPITAL

Student Testimonials Closing & Final Thoughts

Cassandra Sneed Ogden

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CLEO, INC.

WELCOME & Recognizing

November 7, 2019

10 Outstanding Leaders in

E DUCATION D IVERSITY GREATER EQUALITY

On behalf of the Board of Directors, staff, alumni, fellows and scholars of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc., it is my pleasure to welcome you to our 2019 CLEO EDGE Honors Reception! We are delighted that you are here to help us to honor the recipients of the 2019 CLEO EDGE Awards and the Honorable Deval L. Patrick, former governor of the state of Massachusetts, the recipient of the 2019 CLEO EDGE Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Heritage Award.

The EDGE Awards, established by CLEO in 2018, recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the profession who promote and support individuals from groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession who aspire to attend law school and pursue a legal career. This work is executed: • through scholarships, programming and mentoring; • via demonstrating compassion, courage, and leadership in eliminating discrimination, oppression, and injustice locally, nationally and/or globally; and/or • by showing their commitment to diversity and inclusion by integrating those values into every aspect of their work.

For more than 50 years, CLEO has led the fight to break down barriers that stand in the way of equal and equitable opportunity. For more than 50 years, CLEO has thrived by maintaining its focus on that sacred mission, demonstrating the same determination and perseverance as and often laboring alongside you and tonight’s honorees.

Thank you for joining us in this noble work and for being here tonight. Your support, now and in the future, is critical as together we move the legal profession closer to the EDGE – Education, Diversity and Greater Equality. For those who have been left out, locked out, labeled and left behind are depending on us.

Sincerely,

Angela Birch Cox, Chair Board of Directors

2019 EDGE HONORS RECEPTION HOST COMMITTEE Arthur Affleck

AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS

Ron Jordan

Alex Ponce De Leon

Monique Liburd

Regina Shaw

Camille Nelson

Aaron Taylor

CARTER-WHITE & SHAW, LLC

Phyllis P. Harris

GOOGLE

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Susan Hoffman

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW

CROWELL & MORING / DC BAR ASSOCIATION

Renée McDonald Hutchins Robin Nunn UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW

GOOGLE

FREDDIE MAC

CENTER FOR LEGAL EDUCATION EXCELLENCE, ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE

Natalie Walker

DECHERT, LLP

WEBSTER & FREDRICKSON, PLLC

Hon. Denise Owens

FIFTH CHANCERY COURT MISSISSIPPI

CLEO, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Arthur Affleck

Phyllis P. Harris

AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF MUSEUMS

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Angela Birch Cox (Chair) HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC.

Elizabeth A. Campbell CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY

Harold R. Henderson NFL PLAYER CARE FOUNDATION

Malcolm L. Morris

ATLANTA’S JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL

Yaneris M. Rosa

RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Pamela V. Rothenberg

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP

Zohra Tejani

TONG TEJANI, PLLC

Hon. Denise Owens

Darryl L. Franklin

FIFTH CHANCERY COURT MISSISSIPPI

HMSHOST

CLEO, INC. ADVISORY COUNCIL Yvette Gatling

LITTLER MENDELSON

Kevin Gooch

Wilhelm Joseph, Jr.

LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC. – MARYLAND LEGAL AID

DLA PIPER LLP – US

Natalie Pierce

LITTLER MENDELSON

Dennis Shields

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE

CLEO, INC. STAFF Cassandra Sneed Ogden CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Leigh R. Allen II

VICE PRESIDENT MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT

Lynda Cevallos

DIRECTOR PRELAW EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bernetta J. Hayes

DIRECTOR PRELAW PROGRAM OPERATIONS

Manika Heilig

CLICKS DMV COORDINATOR

Julie D. Long

DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

ABOUT &

Recognizing

VERNON E.

10 Outstanding Leaders in

E DUCATION IVERSITY THED GCLEO REATER EDGE EQUALITY JORDAN, JR. HERITAGE

This special award honors a person who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in Education, Diversity, and Greater Equality in the legal profession and society. After Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. received the inaugural CLEO EDGE Heritage Award during the organization’s 50th anniversary in 2018, the award was renamed the CLEO EDGE Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Heritage Award to honor a man whose life-long commitment to protecting human rights and social justice strongly mirrors CLEO’s mission.

When Jordan matriculated at Howard University School of Law in 1957-1960, less than 1% of lawyers in the United States were African American (0.75% according to U.S. Census data). And the scarcity of Native American and Latino lawyers was even more startling.

As a practicing civil rights attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, he was one of only 393 African-American lawyers in 10 Southern states. Trained to make a difference in American life, Jordan became a trailblazer in the civil rights movement, joining the NAACP as a Field Director early in his career, working to end discrimination, increase voter registration, and change laws

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to support legislation beneficial to the advancement of equality for all Americans. In 1969, he became the first black Fellow of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He later served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Urban League, Inc. and the Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc. Throughout his lifetime, Jordan broke down numerous barriers, including becoming the first African American to sit on a Fortune 500 company board. After spending much of his life in the civil rights movement, Jordan became a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, an international law firm and served both Presidents Clinton and Obama in various capacities. Currently, he serves as a Senior Executive Partner with Akin Gump and a Senior Managing Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC in New York.

Jordan is a graduate of DePauw University and Howard University School of Law. He is the author of Vernon Can Read! A Memoir and Make It Plain, Standing Up and Speaking Out.

2019 CLEO EDGE AWARD RECIPIENTS VERNON E. JORDAN, JR. HERITAGE AWARD

Deval L. Patrick

FORMER GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS AND CURRENT MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BAIN CAPITAL DOUBLE IMPACT (BOSTON, MA)

Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Deval L. Patrick came to Massachusetts at 14, when he was awarded a scholarship to Milton Academy through the Boston-based organization, A Better Chance.

After Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he clerked for a federal appellate judge and then launched a career as an attorney and business executive, becoming partner at two Boston law firms and a senior executive at global corporations, Texaco and Coca-Cola.

In 1994, President Clinton appointed Patrick to the nation’s top civil rights post, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. In 2006, in his first bid for public office, he became the state of Massachusetts’ first African-American Governor. In his two terms as Governor, Patrick oversaw the expansion of affordable health care to more than 98 percent of state residents, launched initiatives stimulating clean energy and biotechnology, won a national Race to the Top grant, and steered the state out of recession to a 25-year high in employment.

Patrick currently serves as a Managing Director of Bain Capital and CoManaging Partner of Double Impact, where he focuses on investments that deliver both a competitive financial return and significant positive social impact. He is a Rockefeller Fellow, a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and the author of two books, A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life and Faith in the Dream: A Call to the Nation to Reclaim American Values.

2019 CLEO EDGE AWARD RECIPIENTS EDUCATION

Leonard M. Baynes

DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER (HOUSTON, TX)

Dean Leonard M. Baynes brings a national reputation as a communications law scholar with specializations in business, media, and diversity issues. A member of the Minority Media & Telecommunications Council Hall of Fame, Baynes previously served as the inaugural director of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development at St. John’s University School of Law. He received his B.S. from New York University, his M.B.A. from Columbia University, and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

John C. Brittain

OLIE W. RAUH PROFESSOR OF LAW – UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW (WASHINGTON, DC)

John C. Brittain joined the faculty of UDC’s law school in 2009 as a tenured professor of law and served as acting dean from July 2018 to April 2019. He had previously served as Dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University in Houston, TX. During his tenure at the University of Connecticut School of Law, Professor Brittain directed two CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institutes and taught at a third one held at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He holds a B.A. from Howard University and earned a J.D. from Howard University School of Law.

The University of Chicago Law School THOMAS J. MILES, DEAN (CHICAGO, IL)

Founded in 1902 and located on a residential campus in one of America’s great cities, The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country’s premier law schools.

The school offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind.

Congratulations

Prof. John C. Brittain

2019 CLEO EDGE AWARD WINNER 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 www.law.udc.edu

2019 CLEO EDGE AWARD RECIPIENTS DIVERSITY

Cleary Gottlieb AN INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM (US HEADQUARTERS: NEW YORK, NY)

Established in 1946, the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb is a vibrant and engaging community, home to an eclectic group of people of various backgrounds. With 16 offices around the globe, its culture of inclusion reflects its global legal practice. The firm works daily with clients around the world on matters involving a broad array of legal, business, and social/cultural perspectives. Cleary Gottlieb’s effort to increase the representation of diverse and female associates in its senior ranks remains a priority and is supported by the entire leadership.

Justin Cruz ASSISTANT DEAN OF ADMISSION AND DIVERSITY INITIATIVES – CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY DALE E. FOWLER SCHOOL OF LAW (ORANGE, CA)

Dean Cruz earned his B.S. in industrial and systems engineering with honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, MO. After graduating law school, Dean Cruz worked in the area of intellectual property law as in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company. Prior to his legal career, he also worked as an engineer for Caterpillar, Inc. In addition to his work in academia, Dean Cruz has also served in various capacities for the Law School Admission Council.

Nitza Milagros Escalera ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS – FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (NEW YORK, NY)

In addition to being the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Nitza Milagros Escalera is the Assistant Dean of Diversity Initiatives. A founder and member of the Board of Directors of Friends of PASOS: A Museum and Center for Peacebuilding, Inc., Dean Escalera is a former fellow of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and of the Coro Fellow’s Leadership Program. Academically, she holds a B.A. from LeMoyne College, an M.S. from Syracuse University, an M.P.A. from New York University, a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, and an Ed.M. from Teachers College at Columbia University.

The University of Chicago Law School is honored to celebrate our partner

CLEO the leader in expanding legal education opportunities for minority and lowincome students for more than five decades.

2019 CLEO EDGE AWARD RECIPIENTS GREATER EQUALITY

Jennifer Chen DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE COUNSEL FOUNDATION (WASHINGTON, DC)

As Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel’s 501(c)(3) charitable arm, Ms. Chen leads the foundation’s efforts and programming in support of its mission to provide research, leadership, and professional development opportunities, support of diversity and inclusion initiatives, and the promotion of pro bono work. A graduate of the University of Maryland, she has more than 16 years of experience creating unique and engaging educational programs and fundraising events in the legal profession.

Freddie Mac (Legal Department) RICARDO ANZALDUA, EVP, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND CORPORATE SECRETARY (MCLEAN, VA)

Freddie Mac is a government-sponsored enterprise chartered by the U.S. Congress to stabilize the nation’s mortgage markets and expand opportunities for homeownership and rental housing. Its Legal Division plays a major role in fulfilling the company’s mission by providing quality, proactive, timely, and cost-effective legal advice responsive to client needs. Freddie Mac leverages its leadership role in the housing and financial services industries to promote and enhance diversity, inclusion, and equality in the legal profession and greater society.

Tribal Law and Policy Institute JERRY GARDNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA)

Established in 1996, the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is a Native American non-profit corporation organized to design and deliver education, research, training, and technical assistance programs that promote the enhancement of equal justice in Indian country and the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples.

TLPI’s mission is to enhance and strengthen tribal sovereignty and justice while honoring community values, protecting rights, and promoting well-being.

PROGRAMS & SERVICES The CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute

Since 1968, the pre-eminent residential and online program designed to prepare participants to be more competitive law school students in the following fall.

1L Prep-Attitude is Essential (AIE) An intensive online, weekend pre-law seminar designed to introduce and prepare participants already accepted into law school for the rigors of law school.

Achieving Success in the Application Process (ASAP)

An intensive weekend pre-law event to help participants develop the tools they need to understand the law school application process and become competitive law school applicants.

CLEO College Scholars Program

One-day structured programs for participants to learn about the law school admission process and be exposed to topics such as mock admissions (Road to Law School), improve analytical and logical reasoning abilities (Sophomore Super Saturdays), or discover various LSAT preparation strategies and take a practice LSAT (Juniors Jumpstart the LSAT).

CLEO Connection

An evening pre-law workshop series whose participants get answers to questions about law school, create a local network of colleagues and legal professionals, and develop a useful understanding of the legal field.

CLEO Law School Application Services (CLAS) Services offered by CLEO professionals to help pre-law students with their law school application packet including application, personal statement, and rĂŠsumĂŠ review.

CLEO Legally Inspired Cohort (CLIC)

An innovative program to identify, recruit, and train law school applicants who possess the academic and leadership skills to attend one of three partner schools in a supportive team of five after attending the Pre-Law Summer Institute.

CLEO Legally Inspired College Kohort of Students (CLICKS) A multi-state program funded by the U.S. Department of Justice-Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention that empowers underserved high school students through structured mentorship with exposure to law and sports professions.

NCBE/CLEO Bar Preparation

This new collaboration with the National Conference of Bar Examiners will assist CLEO 1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls across the country to prepare for and conquer the bar exam.

For more information, please visit: cleoinc.org/ prelawprograms

a special message to our outgoing CLEO Chair...

THE COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY, INC. PROUDLY SALUTES THE TIRELESS DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP OF OUTGOING BOARD CHAIR, ANGELA BIRCH COX.

We offer her our sincere thanks for her decade-plus of service to the organization and wish her well in all of her future endeavors!

Outstanding Leaders in 10Sponsors 2019

Recognizing

E DUCATION D IVERSITY SPONSORS FOR THEIR CLEO THANKS THE FOLLOWING GREATER GENEROSITY AND COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY EDUCATION, DIVERSITY, & GREATER EQUALITY:

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BENEFACTORS: Elizabeth A. Campbell • Deneen Donnley • Phyllis P. Harris Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. • Bob & Denise Owens

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