NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In light of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) newly adopted regulations for diverse board member candidates, Corporate Counsel Women of Color (CCWC), in conjunction with the KPMG Board Leadership Center, will offer its first-ever "Board Ready Bootcamp" during its upcoming 17th Annual Career Strategies Conference. The bootcamp will be customized to prepare senior attorneys for corporate board membership. Attendees who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion from KPMG, a global firm offering audit, tax and advisory services.
In addition to the bootcamp, the conference will feature 80 presentations given by top legal experts from various industries. Topics which will be covered include: Employment laws and COVID-19; cyber security and global privacy trends; legal trends in the Biden-Harris administration; and understanding cryptocurrencies. In addition, special sessions for Chief Legal Officers, Chief Diversity Officers and Millennial-generation lawyers are scheduled.
Over 1,300 attorneys will participate in this year's hybrid conference, which will be both virtual and in-person in Los Angeles at the for the J.W. Marriott Downtown L.A. Live on September 22 through 25. The in-person event is sold out; however, tickets may still be purchased for online participation at www.ccwomenofcolor.org.
CCWC is an organization for Fortune 1000 female attorneys of color, led by Founder, President and CEO Laurie N. Robinson Haden. The organization's mission is to provide a support network for female attorneys of color, as well as to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal field. The organization has approximately 4,700 members worldwide. Hogan Lovells, the Title Sponsor of this event, is a global law firm with offices on six continents.
About Corporate Counsel Women of Color© (CCWC): Founded by Laurie N. Robinson Haden in 2004, CCWC is a not-for-profit organization for women attorneys of color in Fortune 1000 and Forbes 2000 companies. The group is represented in over 900 companies and has over 4,700 in-house women attorneys of color on the East Coast, West Coast, and in the Southeast, Southwest, and Midwest regions of the United States of America, as well as in Canada, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Contact: Laurie N. Robinson Haden, CEO
Phone: 646-483-8041
Email: info@ccwomenofcolor.org
Website: www.ccwomenofcolor.org
SOURCE Corporate Counsel Women of Color
