Collaboration, Evaluation & Funding
Your Pipeline Diversity Initiative
General Workshop Description:
This will be a one-day workshop addressing collaboration, evaluation and funding for pipeline diversity
initiatives. This includes K-12, college, law school, bar passage and transition to the bar initiatives targeted
to or primarily serving racial and/or ethnic populations.
Download this flyer (doc)
Date & Location:
Friday, September 29, 2006
*Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(800) 245-8673
The ABA blocked room rate for a Single/Double room at $149.00 per night has passed
however you can continue to call the Millennium Biltmore reservations at 800-245-8673
to see if the hotel still has availability. You can also book a room online at website
Meeting Logistics:
Day/Date
Thursday,
September 28
Friday,
September 29
Time
6:30 8:00pm
7:30 8:30am
Function Name
Room
Assignment
Welcome Reception
Corinthian
Continental Breakfast
Tiffany
Welcome
 Evett L. Simmons, Chair, ABA
Presidential Advisory Council on
Diversity in the Profession
8:30 – 9:15
Crystal
 James O. Heiting, President, The State
Bar of California
 Charles E. Michaels, President, Los
Angeles County Bar Association
Opening Collaboration Workshop
 Gregory S. Prince Jr., Senior Advisor,
Pathways to College
 Ricardo M. Villarosa, Director of Student
Life and Educational Outreach, Wayne
9:15 State University Law School
Crystal
10:45am
 Stella K. Manabe, Administrator, Oregon
State Bar Affirmative Action Program
 Moderator: Patricia D. Lee,
Director, Office of Legal Services,
Access & Fairness Programs, The
State Bar of California
11:00 Crystal
Evaluation Workshop
12:30pm
12:30 1:45pm
2:00 4:00pm

Leo Trujillo-Cox, Executive Director,
Academic Outreach Resource Center,
UCLA School of Law
 Dorothy H. Evensen, Senior Scientist,
Center for the Study of Higher Education,
Pennsylvania State University
 Moderator: Kristine Fox, Chair,
Best Practices Committee,
Diversity Task Force, State Bar of
Arizona
Collaborating Lunch with Real Stories Panel
 Angelo L. Pimas, Loyola Law School
 Local-area College Student, TBD
Tiffany
 Local-are High School Student, TBD
 Moderator: Katessa Davis,
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Funding Workshop and Closing Session
 Sarah E. Redfield, Professor, University
of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
 Esther M. Rodriguez, Education Policy
Consultant
Crystal
 Kent Lollis, LSAC Associate Executive
Director and Assistant to the President for
Minority Affairs
 Moderator: Christopher James
Arriola, President, Santa Clara
County Bar Association
Attire:
Business Casual
Registration:
To register, complete the registration form (PDF) and submit as indicated on the form. Early registration
is recommended as space is limited. Onsite registration will be available.
$60 Standard Registration
$40 Organizations Listed in the ABA/LSAC Pipeline Diversity Directory*
$20 Students (College or Law School)
* To have your pipeline initiative listed in this free online directory, go to
www.abanet.org/op/pipelndir/home.html and submit the short online entry form. Upon receipt of
confirmation of your entry, you will receive the discounted workshop registration fee.
Presented by the American Bar Association Advisory
Council on Diversity
and the Workshop Sponsors, including:
Orange County Bar Association, Santa Clara County Bar Association,
Los Angeles County Bar Association
and its Collaborative Partners, including:
The State Bar of California and McGeorge School of Law,
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County ,The State Bar of
California,
State Bar of Arizona, California La Raza Lawyers Association, McGeorge School of
Law, National Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles,
Inc., Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County, National Asian
Pacific American Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada
For background information on this issue, go to Pipeline Diversity Conference Report at
http://www.abanet.org/op/pipelineconf/PipelinePostReport.pdf.
Required sponsor documentation has been forwarded to and credit requested from MCLE states with
general requirements for lawyers. Please be aware that each state has its own rules and regulations
including its definition of CLE and elimination of bias. Continue to visit our website or contact the ABA
Service Center at 800.285.2221 or Bill Pritchard at pritchab@staff.abanet.org after October 2, 2005 for
confirmation of the number of credits approved by any particular state.