MIPS Presents: 2025 Black History Month Celebration
Date: Feb 19, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, 1 Constitution Sq, New Brunswick
Member Price: $0.00
Non-Member Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Diversity, For All Attorneys, Minorities in the Profession
Keynote
Moderator
- James A. Lewis, V, Esq.
- Cole Schotz, PC, Hackensack
Presenters
- Deborah Enix-Ross
- Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
- Jason E. Foy, Esq.
- Founding Partner, Foy & Seplowitz LLC, Hackensack
- Valerie A. Jackson, Esq.
- Deputy Director Legal, Compliance & Diversity, Department of the Treasury, TrentonValerie Jackson is the Diversity Officer and Legal Liaison at the New Jersey Department of the Treasury - Division of Administration.
Prior to her current role, Valerie was a Deputy Public Defender and Managing Attorney of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Office of Parental Representation, Central Region Office, in North Brunswick, New Jersey. Upon joining the OPD in 2009 she quickly earned a reputation as a zealous advocate and skilled litigator. In 2012, Ms. Jackson was promoted by the Public Defender to her current role as Managing Attorney and in 2020 was promoted to the title of Deputy Public Defender. Prior to joining the OPD, she was a solo practitioner in Middlesex County, where she focused in family law, education law and real estate.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, Ms. Jackson is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and has served on the Association’s Board of Trustees, Diversity Committee and Child Welfare Law Section. She has also served as a Trustee for both the Middlesex County Bar Association and Foundation, and has been Co-Chair of the Association’s Board for the Advancement of Racial Equity and Social Justice. Ms. Jackson has been a member of the Association of Black Women Lawyers, the Garden State Bar Association, the Middlesex County Vicinage Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Court’s Children in Court Race Equity Leadership Team. She has served on the OPD training faculty; where she has trained attorneys on many topics related to ethics, professionalism and trial advocacy for defense attorneys.
Ms. Jackson received her B.A. from Rutgers University, her M.A. in Journalism from New York University and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School. - Anthony W. Vaughn, Jr., Esq.
- Anthony W. Vaughn, Jr., LLC, Bridgewater
The Minorities in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association invites all to attend a FREE Black History Month Celebration!
Featuring:
Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10)
New Jersey Lt. Governor Tahesha Way, Esq.
Rev. Dr. Dante R. Quick
Musical performances by:
Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts
Dion Grier
James Frazier
This year's event will include a meaningful panel discussion, musical performances, spotlight artists and so much more! Join us for a special event that will also feature the presentation of scholarships to this year's Black History Month essay contest winners who will share excerpts from their winning essays on AI and racial justice.
Breaking Barriers: Celebrating Trailblazers in Law & Leadership
Black History is being made every day. Join us as we celebrate and hear from legal professionals shattering glass ceilings and forging paths where none previously existed. For this program, we will gather to learn and reflect on the privileges and responsibilities that accompany leadership, innovation, and ultimately being a standard bearer of excellence. Too often, we think of Black History as only what has occurred in this past. This program serves as a reminder that Black History is also thriving in our present and shaping our future.
This program is made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors
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