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DIVERSITY DIGESTDECEMBER 2012

(Clockwise, from top left): Partners Tiffany Cunningham and Anh Lee and Associate Director of Firmwide Diversity RinaAlvarez; Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Eunu Chun and partner Stephen Ritchie; the Partners of Color Retreatcocktail reception; and partners Atif Khawaja, Philippa Scarlett and Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Walt Lohmann

Kirkland Partners of Color RetreatFrom September 20-21, 2012, the Firmwide Diversity Committee and Racial/Ethnic Subcommittee,in partnership with the Global Management Executive Committee, hosted Kirkland’s first-everPartners of Color Retreat in the Chicago office. Forty diverse partners attended the event. They werejoined by numerous senior Firm leaders as guest attendees, including members of the GlobalManagement Executive Committee and other Kirkland committee chairs.

The retreat kicked off with a Global Management Executive Committee cocktail reception andpartners of color dinner, followed by a networking breakfast for diverse associates in the Chicagooffice and retreat attendees hosted by Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Walt Lohmann.The retreat included presentations from litigation partner Eugene Assaf on the Diversity IntegrationTask Force and Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Eunu Chun on diversity recruiting,retention and promotion. Attendees then participated in several strategic planning sessions onretention and promotion strategies. As part of the retreat, Harvard Law School Professor DavidWilkins spoke at a Firmwide lunch event titled “The Future of Large Law Firms: MaximizingHuman Capital in the Age of More for Less.” Retreat activities continued the next day withKirkland’s sponsorship of the Just the Beginning Foundation’s 10th biennial conference.

Kirkland Receives 100 Percent Score on HRC’s 2013Corporate Equality Index Kirkland received a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) 2013 CorporateEquality Index (CEI) survey. This is the sixth year in a row that the Firm received a 100 percentscore on the survey. The CEI report, released each year, provides an in-depth analysis and ratingof large U.S. employers and their policies and practices pertinent to LGBT employees. Businessesthat receive 100 percent scores are recognized in HRC’s “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality”list and are considered among the most inclusive and fair-minded in their industry.

Letter from the Co-Chair of the Firmwide Diversity CommitteeThe rest of 2012 has been filled with great diversity news at Kirkland. In September, we held our first-ever Partners of Color Retreat in Chicago, during which we received valuable feedback that willguide our future initiatives. In November, we announced that Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyersnamed Kirkland to their 50 Best Law Firms for Women list; it is an honor of which the Firm, theFirmwide Diversity Committee and our female leaders should be proud. As we look to 2013, I amparticularly pleased that the Firm has increased its support of our Diversity Fellowship Program,raising the stipend awarded to recipients from $15,000 to $25,000 for the 2013 class. The increaseis further evidence of Kirkland’s commitment to recruiting and retaining diverse attorneys.

Enjoy this issue and a look at some of our recent office-level programs! — Eunu Chun

Kirkland Named One of the50 Best Law Firms for Women

Working Motherand Flex-TimeLawyers namedKirkland to their 2012 list

of the 50 Best Law Firms for Women. The honor recognizes U.S. law firms for their family-friendly policies and businessdevelopment initiatives designed to retainwomen and advance them into the leadershippipeline. Working Mother and Flex-TimeLawyers established the 50 Best Law Firms forWomen list in 2007 to celebrate the law firmsthat are most successful in retaining andpromoting women lawyers.

For the first time, Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers convened a Career AcceleratorSummit for Women in Law on December 5,2012, coinciding with an awards luncheon torecognize the honored firms. The summit, ledby Carol Evans, president of Working MotherMedia, and Debbie Epstein Henry, founderand president of Law & Reorder, helpedattendees enhance their leadership,sponsorship and business development skills.Partners Lauren Casazza, Dale Cendali,Courtney Farkas, Nicole Greenblatt, MichelleKilkenney, Jennifer Morgan, Claudia Ray,Johanna Schmitt, Lee Ann Stevenson, StefanieWool and Taurie Zeitzer attended the summitand luncheon on behalf of Kirkland. The Firmalso sponsored this event.

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The Recorder Selects Eva Davis as 2012 Woman Leader in LawThe Recorder named corporate partner Eva Davis as one of its 2012 Women Leaders in Law. The publicationrecognized Eva for her “go-big” approach for connecting with and promoting women at Kirkland, in business and inthe community. The feature also discussed Eva organizing a dinner for 50 people with celebrity chef Nona Sivelyand bringing 30 women to Half Moon Bay in California for a seminar on private equity trends. Eva advises women,“Be true to yourself. When pursuing any professional goal, including networking and new client development, selectopportunities and venues where you feel most comfortable so that you will be more likely to succeed.” Deborah

Siegel, general counsel at Guess Inc., nominated Eva for the feature. The Recorder published a special section to highlight each of thisyear’s honorees and recognized them at a reception in San Francisco on November 2, 2012.

Los Angeles Office Hosts WLI Recruiting Event“Cocktails and Candid Conversation” were on the menu as the women attorneys in Kirkland’s Los Angeles office hosted a Women’sLeadership Initiative-sponsored networking and recruiting event on July 23, 2012, at BottleRock Wine Bar. More than 30 risingsecond-year law students at eight law schools — contacted through Kirkland’s “ALLSA” initiative — attended the event. Corporatepartner Eva Davis, intellectual property partner Nimalka Wickramasekera, litigation partners Melissa Ingalls, Robyn Bladow andElizabeth Kim and associate Kristin Rose, and intellectual property associates Allison Buchner and Erin Kolter provided helpfulinterview tips to the students. Four Los Angeles summer associates also attended this well-received inaugural event.

Eva Davis Speaks at Los Angeles Business ConferenceOn September 11, 2012, corporate partner Eva Davis was a featured speaker at the Association for Corporate Growth’s Los Angeles2012 Business Conference. Eva spoke at the Women’s Forum during the conference, which brought together women from thecorporate world and the investment community to network and share wisdom, insights and knowledge.

WLI Gets in the Holiday SpiritOn December 13, 2012, the Los Angeles office’s Women’s Leadership Initiative celebratedthe holidays with a festive dinner and gift-wrapping party. The presents — donated by LosAngeles attorneys and staff — were delivered to 15 mothers and 36 children at the 1736Family Crisis Center as part of the annual office-wide charity drive. The center is a nonprofitshelter that provides outpatient services for domestic violence survivors, runaway andhomeless youth, and low-income members of the community. Corporate partner Tana Ryanand litigation associate Beth Weinstein organized and led the charity drive.

Kirkland Hosts USC APALSA PanelLos Angeles partners Elizabeth Kim, Hamed Meshki and Tana Ryan and associates Sierra Elizabeth and Jason Kelly hosted a panel atThe Lab Gastropub for the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA) at the University of Southern California,Gould School of Law on November 14, 2012. The event was part of Kirkland’s “ALLSA” initiative and was a success. Theconversation focused on the role of diversity in the legal field, the importance of diverse attorneys in law firms and how pro bonoopportunities can help advance diversity-related causes.

Diversity Fellows Experience iFly HollywoodOn July 24, 2012, Kirkland Diversity Fellowship recipients and Los Angeles summer associates Jodie Cheng and Jennifer Yapp scalednew heights at the iFly Hollywood indoor sky-diving event at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles. Corporate partner Eva Davisattended the event, along with Kirkland associates and former Diversity Fellows Shilpa Coorg, Tanya Greene and Monique Robinson.After their flights in the vertical wind tunnel, attendees ate dinner at Karl Strauss Brewing Company.

Other Los Angeles Diversity Events:September 13: WLI/Women Law Students Callback DinnerOctober 9: WLI 2013 Planning LunchOctober 18: WLI Football Night at Partner Melissa Ingalls’ HouseNovember 8: CBS Studios 4th Annual Entertainment Law Diversity Reception

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(left to right): Litigation associates Sibo Mack-Williams and Sierra Elizabeth at the WLI holiday gift-wrapping party

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Other New York Diversity Events:October 10: Lambda Legal Law Firm Appreciation Reception at Credit SuisseOctober 18: LaLSA at Columbia Law School 8th Annual Awards BanquetNovember 12: Semi-Annual Affinity Group Dinner — PerillaNovember 15: The Williams Institute New York Fall Reception

The American Lawyer Recognizes Kirkland at “Top Firms for Diversity” ReceptionOn December 20, 2012, The American Lawyer honored Kirkland at its “Top Firms for Diversity” receptionat Lexicon in New York City. The publication recognized the Firm as one of the top 40 firms from its 2012Diversity Scorecard survey, the annual ranking of large U.S. law firms according to their percentage ofminority attorneys and their percentage of minority partners. For the second year in a row, Kirkland earnedthe highest score in the country on the survey among firms with more than 1,000 U.S. attorneys.

Kirkland Leadership Forum for WomenOn October 11, 2012, the Firm’s Women’s Leadership Initiative hosted the Kirkland Leadership Forum for Women in the New Yorkoffice. Hosted biennially since 2008, the forum brings together Firm partners and female clients to hone leadership skills, network andshare insights. This year’s event was titled “Leveraging Your Personal Power & Influence: Building Inspired Teams & TransformingOrganizations” and was led by Assistant Professor Amy Cuddy from Harvard Business School and Associate Professor CameronAnderson from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Sessions at the event covered establishing trust,exercising influence, the five dimensions of interpersonal style, and using body language and physiology to harness personal power.Lesley Jane Seymour, editor-in-chief of More magazine and one of Forbes magazine’s “Most Powerful Fashion Magazine Editors” in2009, was the forum’s keynote speaker. More than 30 senior female clients and 30 Kirkland female partners attended this year’s forum.

Joseph Loy Named Kirkland’s Pro Bono Partner of the YearIn October 2012, Kirkland honored intellectual property partner Joseph Loy as its ProBono Partner of the Year. Joseph serves as coordinator of the Firmwide LGBT Asylumproject and has handled 18 cases under the initiative. In the past year, Joseph and the 19attorneys he has helped supervise have devoted more than 1,400 hours working to obtainasylum for LGBT clients. For his work, Kirkland has twice been given the Safe HavenAward by one of the Firm’s principal legal aid partners, Immigration Equality.

Benchmark Top 250 Women in LitigationNew York intellectual property partners Leora Ben-Ami and Dale Cendali and Chicago litigation partner Emily Nicklin were namedto the first-ever Top 250 Women in Litigation guide from Benchmark Litigation. The women chosen for this guide were selected fromtheir respective states’ rosters of local litigation stars in the 2013 edition of peer-reviewed parent publication Benchmark Litigation.

New York Office Hosts LGBT Issues Panel On November 12, 2012, as part of Kirkland’s “ALLSA” initiative, the New York office hosted an LGBT issues panel and reception formembers of the Outlaws at Columbia Law School and OUTLaw at New York University School of Law. Litigation partner AdamHumann and associate Alexandra Kolod led a discussion of the Firm’s pro bono Indian River Central School District lawsuit, whichwas filed with Lambda Legal in 2009 and alleges that the school district, school board and various staff members of schools in thedistrict allowed an atmosphere in which a former student was subjected to pervasive anti-gay and sexual harassment, causing him towithdraw from school, and refused to allow him to form a gay-straight student alliance. Intellectual property associate JoshuaSimmons and litigation associate Leo Yanez organized the event.

Eunu Chun Honored by The Council of Urban ProfessionalsThe Council of Urban Professionals (CUP) selected Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Eunu Chun as one ofits CUP Catalysts for Change in Law. The organization’s inaugural list of catalysts highlights the accomplishments ofdiverse legal leaders who have achieved extraordinary success and made a significant impact on their community.Founded in 2007, CUP is a nonprofit organization that provides professional development and serviceopportunities for emerging diverse leaders.

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Partners Marjorie Lindblom and Edward Sadtlerpresent Joseph Loy (center) with Kirkland’s ProBono Partner of the Year award.

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Other Bay Area Diversity Events:July 10: Diversity Happy Hour — Osha Thai San FranciscoSeptember 14: Bay Area Corporate Women Attorneys Lunch — CredoSeptember 21: David Wilkins — “The Future of Large Law Firms: Maximizing Human Capital in the Age of More for Less”October 3: WLI — “Creating Your Personal Business Plan, A Discussion With Senior Partners”

Kirkland Helps Same-Sex Spouse Receive Recognition Under ICUA LawKirkland client Jennifer Tobits married Sarah Ellyn Farley in Canada in 2006, and the couple lived together in Chicago until Ms.Farley passed away in 2010. Ms. Farley’s parents subsequently challenged the legitimacy of their daughter’s marriage to Ms. Tobits andfiled an action in Illinois probate court to take over the administration of Ms. Farley’s estate. Working with the National Center forLesbian Rights and Prather Ebner LLP as pro bono co-counsel, litigation partner Beth Deeley, intellectual property partner SarahPiepmeier and litigation associate Dmitriy Tishyevich led briefing on the issue of whether the couple’s Canadian marriage should berecognized under the newly enacted Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (ICUA), which would allow Ms.Tobits to be designated Ms. Farley’s surviving spouse under Illinois law.

The court ruled in Ms. Tobits’ favor, finding that she was Ms. Farley’s surviving spouse and heir-at-law. Ms. Tobits was subsequentlyappointed the executor of Ms. Farley’s estate. This decision provided an important precedent for same-sex spouses who were marriedoutside of Illinois prior to the ICUA.

Kirkland Participates in Bar Association Career DayKirkland’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices sponsored the Asian American Bar Associationof the Greater Bay Area’s Career Day for law students on August 18, 2012. Environmentalpartner Paul Tanaka served as a panelist, and intellectual property partners Harper Batts andKaren Huoth participated as mock interviewers. The event’s planning committee receivedgreat feedback from attendees on the advice provided regarding networking and authenticityand thanked the Firm for its support and participation in the event.

BALIF Holiday Party and Corporate Counsel Diversity Awards ReceptionOn December 4, 2012, litigation partner Nick Kacprowski represented Kirkland at the Bay Area Lawyers forIndividual Freedom (BALIF) Holiday Party and Corporate Counsel Diversity Awards Reception in San Francisco.BALIF is the nation’s oldest and largest LGBT bar association. At the event, BALIF honored Hilary Ware, associategeneral counsel at Netflix, Inc., and Andrew Vu, senior associate general counsel at Walmart Global eCommerce.Nick is a BALIF board member and chair of the bar association’s Amicus Committee.

Firm Hosts Street Law Community College Faculty Development SeminarOn November 14-15, 2012, Kirkland’s San Francisco office hosted the Street Law Community College Faculty Development Seminar. Street Law organized this seminar — in collaboration with the Law School Admission Council and the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation — based on its law-based civics program for community colleges, which Street Law piloted at several schools during the2011-2012 academic year. The Street Law program involves innovative classroom instruction along with community-based learningand is also designed to encourage promising community college students to consider legal careers. Several dozen faculty andadministrators from community colleges across Arizona, California and Texas participated in the seminar.

San Francisco Office Hosts Ms. JD’s Diversity Boot CampOn August 16, 2012, the Firm’s San Francisco office hosted the National Diversity Council Boot Camp with Ms. JD, a nonprofit,nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of women in law school and the legal profession. During the full-day session,attendees learned about various global diversity and inclusion initiatives and reviewed tested best practice benchmarks. Launched inthe fall of 2008, the National Diversity Council brings together the private, public and nonprofit sectors to discuss the manydimensions and benefits of a multicultural environment.

(left to right): Akshay Verma of Axiom Law, FairuzAbdullah of University of California, HastingsCollege of Law and partner Paul Tanaka

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Other Washington, D.C., Diversity Events:July 25: WLI/Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia — “A View from Behind the Bench” Judges’ PanelOctober 4: WLI Co-Hosted “Evening for Education” with Washington Middle School for Girls at Kirkland & EllisOctober 10: WLI Rooftop Brunch for New Associates and Partners

Kirkland Participates in Honeywell-Led LCLD Fellows Learning ExperienceOn December 6-7, 2012, Kirkland participated in a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity(LCLD) Fellows Learning Experience led by client Honeywell International Inc. and theLCLD. The LCLD Fellows Program is a year-long leadership training course designed toelevate the career trajectories of high-potential attorneys from corporations and law firmsacross the country. On December 6, 2012, Honeywell and Kirkland sponsored a receptionand dinner for 30 of the 2012 LCLD Fellows, which was attended by Firmwide DiversityCommittee Co-Chair Walt Lohmann, partners Craig Primis and Beth Deeley — a 2011LCLD Fellow — and several other Firm attorneys. The dinner event provided fellows anopportunity to network with Firm attorneys as well as Honeywell’s general counsel andseveral in-house counsel to various Honeywell business sectors, as well as a number ofHoneywell business and government relations executives.

The following day, Kirkland partners Beth Deeley, Susan Davies, Bridget O’Connor andPhilippa Scarlett participated in a day-long LCLD Learning Experience put on by Honeywell at its Washington, D.C., office. Theday’s events featured discussions with Honeywell’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kate Adams, as well as several otherHoneywell senior in-house counsel, business and government relations personnel, on topics ranging from career insight, promotingdiversity in the legal field and Honeywell’s business sectors, to a briefing on the current “fiscal cliff ” political standoff on Capitol Hill.Participants also toured Honeywell’s state-of-the-art “Technology Experience” interactive display.

Lavender Law Conference and Career FairMore than 20 Kirkland attorneys from the Firm’s Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.,offices gathered in Washington, D.C., for the National LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair, heldAugust 23-25, 2012. Kirkland sponsored the three-day conference, and energy partner Michael Woods served on the event’s localwelcome team. During the conference, the Washington, D.C., office and the Firmwide Diversity Committee’s LGBT Subcommitteehosted the Firm’s sixth annual LGBT dinner. Kirkland’s LGBT Subcommittee also hosted an informal cocktail gathering for clientsand potential clients who attended the conference.

Washington, D.C., Office Hosts PLEN “Women, Law & Public Policy” SeminarFrom November 9-11, 2012, Kirkland’s Washington, D.C., office sponsored and hosted the Women, Law & PublicPolicy Seminar put on by the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN), the only national organization withthe sole focus of preparing college women for leadership in the public policy arena. Litigation partner Savaria Harrisis a member of PLEN’s Advancement Committee. At the seminar, more than 50 college women heard from femaleattorneys in private practice, the federal government and public interest organizations about the range of careerpaths available in legal and public policy work.

Firm Leads “ALLSA” Events at Georgetown Law and Howard UniversityOn November 28, 2012, litigation associate Ritu Kelotra participated in a panel discussion titled “Presenting Your Professional Self ”and co-hosted by the Women’s Legal Alliance and the Corporate Law Association at Georgetown University Law Center. The eventfocused on making the most of recruiting events and included a presentation on the basics of building a professional wardrobe.Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Walt Lohmann, partner Henry Thompson, and associates Michele Gutrick and MaryamMujahid hosted an interview skills workshop at Howard University School of Law on November 7, 2012. This is the second-straightyear that Kirkland has sponsored this program. The event provided guidance to first-year law students as they begin the interviewprocess for positions in the government, at private companies and at law firms.

Kirkland Sponsors Hispanic Bar Association’s 2012 Equal Justice AwardsThis fall, Kirkland became a patron sponsor of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia’s (HBA-DC) 2012 EqualJustice Awards held on November 8, 2012. Litigation associates Ashley James, Roxana Mondragón and Paloma Zepeda attended thisnoteworthy event on behalf of the Firm. The reception was a unique opportunity for the Washington, D.C., office to forge a closerrelationship with the HBA-DC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the professional development of its membership and tosupporting the Hispanic community in the greater Washington, D.C., area.

(left to right): Partner Gregg LoCascio, Kate Adams,Senior Vice President and General Counsel atHoneywell International Inc., partner Craig Primisand partner Elizabeth Deeley participated in theLCLD Fellows Learning Experience.

Other Chicago Diversity Events:July 19: Chicago Diversity Fellowship LunchSeptember 19: WLI Presentation “Work It! Tips for Maximizing Women’s Skills to Win Over Jurors and Clients” October 3: WLI “Creating Your Personal Business Plan, A Discussion With Senior Partners”October 30: Diversity Dinner at Adobo Grill/Second City PerformanceNovember 9: DLS Welcome Lunch for New Associates

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Kirkland Hosts Chicago Humanities Festival Diversity Day On November 5, 2012, for the second year in a row, Kirkland sponsored and hosted “A Day of Ideas for Diversity & InclusionVisionaries,” which was part of the Chicago Humanities Festival. Associate Director of Firmwide Diversity Rina Alvarez hosted theevent with diversity officers from McDonald’s Corporation, Walgreen Co. and Kraft Foods Group, Inc. Approximately 50 chiefdiversity officers and managers participated in presentations and discussion sessions focused on new approaches to diversity andinclusion in corporate America. Firmwide Diversity Committee Co-Chair Walt Lohmann took part in the event, and of counsel BillFraumann, chair of the festival’s board, attended the morning sessions and welcomed guests to the Firm’s offices during lunch.

Just the Beginning Foundation ConferenceFirmwide Racial/Ethnic Subcommittee Chair Barack Echols and government, regulatory and internal investigations partner Mark Filipserved as panelists at the 10th biennial Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF) conference, which Kirkland also sponsored. This year’sconference, titled “Reaching Back, Lifting Up,” was held September 20-23, 2012, in Chicago. The conference began with a welcomeaddress from U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor and featured youth and adult panels concerning issues relating todiversity and the law. JTBF is a multiracial nonprofit organization composed of lawyers, judges and other citizens dedicated todeveloping and nurturing interest in the law among young people from various socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural backgroundsunderrepresented in the legal profession.

Linda Myers Honored in Profiles in Diversity JournalThe September/October 2012 issue of Profiles in Diversity Journal honored corporate partner Linda Myers in itsannual Women Worth Watching feature, which highlights and awards companies that support and promote womenin leadership. In this year’s award issue, the women executives in the class of 2013 shared their views on theimportance of education as a critical success factor in their careers as well as discussed mentors, sponsors, advanceddegrees, and managing career and family.

WLI Hosts Panel Discussion on Work-Life BalanceOn November 27, 2012, the Chicago office’s Women’s Leadership Initiative hosted a cocktail reception and conversation for femaleprofessionals moderated by Professor Joan Williams, founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California,Hastings College of Law. The event was titled “Forget ‘Having it All’ … Aim for ‘Juggling the Things That Matter Most to You’” andbased upon Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article in the July/August 2012 issue of The Atlantic. Almost 80 women attended the event,including women from Kirkland, Skadden, Bartlit Beck and Huron Consulting Group, and the conversation focused on finding one’sown personalized work-life balance.

Kirkland Ranked as a Top Illinois LGBT-Friendly FirmIn July 2012, Equality Illinois recognized Kirkland as one of the law firms “Setting the Bar” for LGBT equality in the state in its 2012Law Firm Survey. This is the third year in a row that Equality Illinois has honored Kirkland for providing a safe and fair workenvironment for LGBT employees. The survey measures workplace equality in three categories: employment benefits, workplacediversity initiatives and community relations.

Firm Hosts Discussion of Fisher v. University of Texas at AustinOn October 1, 2012, Kirkland’s Diversity Leadership Series and Firmwide Pro BonoManagement Committee as well as the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firmshosted a discussion of the Firm’s role in the pending Supreme Court case Fisher v. University ofTexas at Austin. This groundbreaking case will decide the constitutionality of race-consciousadmissions policies at universities and possibly the ongoing validity of diversity as a compellinggovernment interest. In Fisher, Kirkland litigation partners Richard Godfrey and Philippa Scarlett

were counsel of record for amicus briefs submitted by the American Jewish Committee and 37 former senior military officers,respectively. The event featured a live presentation in Chicago by Richard and a telecast of Philippa’s presentation from New York.

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