BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Memorial,Career Building/Networking,Alumni DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this year's Denise Carty Bennia Memorial Bar Award Ceremony and Reception\, which will be held on Thursday\, May 25th\, 2017 from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. in the Moot Court Room\, located at 65 Forsyth Street. Beverages and delectable hors d'oeuvres will be served. \n\nPlease click here to register online! Registration is required. \n\nThis year's p rogram is graciously sponsored by Sherin and Lodgen. \n\nProfessor Denise C arty-Bennia was a highly successful attorney and tireless educator\, adviso r\, mentor\, and friend to countless Northeastern law students. She was ded icated to the pursuit of academic excellence and the expansion of opportuni ties for people of color. Professor Carty-Bennia's untimely death in 1990 c reated a void for many who knew her and her work.\n\nEach year\, as the app lications for this award are reviewed\, it is inspiring to see that so many Northeastern law students have dedicated themselves to improving the socia l and political issues that affect our communities as she did. Professor Ca rty-Bennia's dedication survives in the memories of those who knew and work ed with her and lives on in those who choose to pursue a similar dream.\n\n Special keynote remarks at this year's program will be given by Rachel Muño z '06\, Partner at Morgan\, Brown & Joy. \n\nRachel Muñoz ’06 is a partner at Morgan\, Brown & Joy\, where she provides advice and counsels clients on a wide range of issues\, including hiring\, background check procedures\, discrimination and harassment\, wrongful discharge\, performance management \, internal investigations\, terminations\, and wage and hour violations. I n addition to defending employers before state and federal courts and admin istrative agencies\, Rachel is an experienced negotiator and regularly help s clients resolve disputes through mediation or directly with opposing part ies. In her labor law practice\, Rachel represents employers in union organ izing situations\, collective bargaining negotiations\, grievance administr ation and arbitration\, and in proceedings before the National Labor Relati ons Board\, the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations\, and state and federal courts. At Morgan\, Brown & Joy\, Rachel coordinates the firm's in volvement with the Leadership Council on Diversity ("LCLD"). The LCLD is an organization dedicated to building a more open and diverse legal professio n.\n\nRachel has been a contributing panelist at various continuing legal e ducation seminars and was the featured management speaker at the National L abor Relations Board/United States Department of Labor 38th and 42nd Annual Robert Fuchs Labor Law Conference. She regularly conducts seminars and tra inings on the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law\, Conflict of Interest Law\, a nd Health Care Reform Law\, as well as the federal Patient Protection and A ffordable Care Act. In 2015\, Rachel received the Excellence in the Law Up & Coming Lawyer Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association and Massachuse tts Lawyers Weekly. In 2016\, Rachel was named a "Rising Star" in the fiel d of employment and labor by Boston Magazine's Super Lawyers edition.\n\nPr ior to joining Morgan\, Brown & Joy\, Rachel served as a law clerk to the J ustices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and worked at another Boston fi rm focused on traditional labor law. She has also taught legal research and writing at Northeastern University School of Law. Rachel is an active memb er of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and curr ently serves on the Committee on Membership and Member Services. DTEND:20170525T211500Z DTSTAMP:20260315T181529Z DTSTART:20170525T200000Z GEO:42.338676;-71.090611 LOCATION:Northeastern University School of Law\, Moot Court Room SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Denise Carty-Bennia Award Reception UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_2177826 URL:https://calendar.northeastern.edu/event/denise_carty-bennia_award_recep tion_8226 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR