Page 26 - 2018 October Bar Journal

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Each month, these pages will be dedicated to highlighting
just some of the activities and programs of your Cleveland
Metro Bar.

BoaRd onBoaRd, BaBy! ReaCh out

FoR nonpRoFits suMMeR pResentation

On August 23, speakers Joe Mead, Assistant Professor at CSU, and Elizabeth (Biz) Voudouris,
Executive vice President at Business volunteers Unlimited, presented the third Reach Out
for Nonprofits seminar of the year on Legal Issues in Board Governance & Engagement.
Presented to an audience of nonprofit leaders and volunteer attorneys, our speakers
shared information on how to navigate the challenging field of board member duties,
liabilities, and responsibilities. Following the seminar, volunteers stayed to help guide
community leaders on legal issues such as international nonprofit formation and fiscal
sponsorships. The next (and final) Reach Out seminar and brief advice clinic of 2018
will be held in the morning on Oct .25, with a focus on intellectual property issues for
nonprofits. For more about Reach Out, visit CleMetroBar.org/ReachOut.

2018 Midwest Regional diveRsity

CaReeR FaiR is gRowing

The CMBA and the Midwest Region of the National Black Law Students Association
(MwBLSA) collaborated on the second annual Diversity Career Fair held at
the CMBA Conference Center on August 24. The Career Fair, open to 2L and
3L students, as well as recent graduates and attorneys in transition, attracted 95
job seekers from throughout the midwest region. we were pleased to welcome
representatives from 20 employers who participated in interviews at the Career Fair.

Thank you to our sponsors: Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP; Mazanec Raskin &
Ryder Co. LPA and Tucker Ellis LLP. Other employers represented include: Benesch
Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Metroparks,
Cuyahoga County Agency of inspector general, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s
Office, Federal Public Defender – Northern District of Ohio, Frantz Ward LLP,
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Littler Mendelson, McDonald Hopkins LLC,
Ohio Legislative Service Commission, Reminger Co. LPA, Squire Patton Boggs (US)
LLP, Thorman Petrov Co. LPA, Ulmer & Berne LLP, United States Attorney’s Office –
Northern District of Ohio, and Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP

Special thanks to event co-chairs Greg Guice, CMBA’s VP of Diversity & Inclusion
and Chair of the CMBA Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and Adrienne
Turner-Mcgowan, 2018-19 MwBLSA Midwest Regional Chair and 3L at Loyola
University School of Law.

Mark your calendars — next year’s Midwest Regional Career Fair will be held on
friday, august 16, 2019 at the CMBA.

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