Annual Martin Luther King Day Remembrance
- 2024: Bertina Lampkin, Illinois Appellate Court Judge
- 2023: Audra Wilson, CEO, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
- 2022: Professor Richard Rothstein
- 2021: Illinois Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton (JD '92)
- 2020: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
Community Conversations Lecture Series
- 2024
- March 26, 2024-Neurodiversity-The Invisible Disability.
- 2023
- March 28, 2023 - DEI and Intersectionality: Everyone, Every Way, All at Once
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2022
- October 26, 2022 - At a Crossroads: The Impact and Intersection of Public Health, Mental Health and Gun Violence
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April 20, 2022 - The Implications of the War in Ukraine for International Law
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2021
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March 10, 2021 - From Words to Actions with Jahmal Cole, My Block, My Hood, My City
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April 13, 2021 - Microagressions and Microaffirmations
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April 12, 2021 - "Undocumented Lawyer" Film/Discussion
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October 26, 2021 - Perspectives on Asian-Americans and the Law
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2020
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September 17, 2020 - Policing and Racial Justice: Where Do We Go from Here?
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October 5, 2020 - The Right to Vote in 2020
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October 15, 2020 - COVID-19 Racial Health Disparities in Cook County
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June 10, 2020 - Antiracism in the Law and Legal Profession (co-sponsored by Ice Miller)
DEI Student Training
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2021
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"Just Cause" 1L DEI Orientation
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Bystander Training-Student Organization Leader Training
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Transgender 101 in the Legal Profession with OutLaws
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Path to Allyship: Confronting Bias
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2020
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The Defamation Experience (co-sponsored by DefEx Online)
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Implicit Bias Training by Jaharis Health Law Institute Executive Director Alice Setrini and the Women of Color Collective
Annual Diversity Scholarship Reception (with over $20,000 in scholarships awarded annually)
Annual SBA Diversity Week
- 2024
- April 4, 2024-Intersectionality and DEI - Keynote Judge Maryam Ahmad, Associate Judge, Cook County Circuit Court and past president of the Chicago Bar Association.
- 2022
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March 28, 2022 - Sexual Harassment Prevention with Dina Ninfo (Personnel Counsel at Illinois Department of Central Management Services) and Kathryn Statz (Director of Gender Equity/Title IX Coordinator at DePaul)
- March 29, 2022 - JHLI Lunch Lecture Series Presents in Collaboration with SBA Diversity Week: Engaging with Invisible Disabilities as Advocates and Allies
- March 30, 2022 - SBA Diversity Week presents in collaboration with APALSA, LLSA, & SAIL: Home & Identity
- March 31, 2022 - SBA Diversity Week presents in collaboration with BLSA & WoCC: Hidden Biases in Courts Appointments
- October 31, 2022 - Racial Justice and the Law with Sen. Robert Peters
- November 1, 2022 - SBA Diversity Week in Collaboration with OUTLaw - LGBTQIA+ advocacy and representation in IL government with Sen. Mike Simmons
- November 2, 2022 - SBA Diversity Week (Diversity Chair’s event) – Conversation about The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 with Ryann Unabia and Alexandra Payan
- 2021
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November 1, 2021 -
Q + A on LGBTQ+ Issues in Immigration with Aneesha Gandhi
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November 2, 2021 -
Bystander Training with DePaul Law Alumni Board and Diversity Council member Sufyan Sohel
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November 3, 2021 -
SBA Diversity Week Presents in Collaboration with JHLI Lunch Lecture Series: Facing Health Disparities Experienced by Native American Communities
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November 4, 2021 -
SBA Diversity Week in Collaboration with BLSA presents: One Year After George Floyd: where Are We Now?
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November 5, 2021 -
SBA Diversity Week in collaboration with LLSA Presents Diversity week: Latinx presence across Illinois Government.