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Support to Minority Involvement Section
The Diversity Committee assists and supports the Minority Involvement Section in its activities.
The chair of the Minority Involvement is a member of the Diversity Committee’s Specialty Bars
subcommittee.
Specialty Bars Subcommittee
The Department provides assistance and support to specialty bar associations with diverse
memberships. During the term of Past President Mark A. Cunningham, he requested that each
identified specialty bar leader accept appointment to the Diversity Committee. Past President
Cunningham’s goal was to convene at least one meeting per year to engage these leaders and
identify areas that the organizations need additional assistance and support.
President Robert A. “Bob” Kutcher has continued this effort.
A Specialty Bars subcommittee meeting was held on August 23, 2019 at the Ritz Carlton New
Orleans in conjunction with the LSBA Board of Governors meeting.
Specialty Bars Conference
The Specialty Bars Conference was held on August 24, 2019 at the Ritz Carlton New Orleans.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Session One (1.0 Professionalism Credit Hour) The Difference
Between Getting in and Staying In: Moving Toward Inclusion
Denia S. Aiyegbusi, Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP, New Orleans, LA
J. Dalton Courson, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC, New Orleans, LA
Luis A. Leitzelar, Jones Walker LLP, Baton Rouge, LA
10:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. - Session Two (1.0 Ethics Credit hour) Defending Disciplinary
Action
Yolanda Cezar, Screening Counsel, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Baton Rouge, LA
Wiliam N. "Billy" King, Professional Programs Practice Assistance Counsel, Louisiana State Bar
Association, New Orleans, LA
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