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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 5:50p - 6:50p PDT SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RACIAL EQUITY: HEEDING THE CALL FOR JUSTICE moderator: Lisa Gilford Partner, Sidley Austin LLP panelists: Nichelle Carr Founder, WC1 Studios Nicole Duckett General Counsel and Vice President, LA Clippers LLC Karen Grant-Selma Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network NICHELLE CARR FOUNDER, WC1 STUDIOS ICHELLE S. CARR IS THE CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER AND THE PLACES SHE'S LIVED – INCLUDING MEDIA, N AT AUDPOP, A CAREFULLY CURATED VIDEO FINANCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN EUROPE AND THE U.S., CONTENT PLATFORM OF OVER 75,000 FILMMAKERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY IN NIGERIA, AND OVER 200 MILLION VIEWERS WORLDWIDE THAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION IN DEDICATED TO DISCOVERING, SUPPORTING, AND SENEGAL. BEFORE AUDPOP AND WC1 STUDIOS, CONNECTING THE WORLD’S BEST FILMMAKERS TO NICHELLE WAS A VICE PRESIDENT AT UNIVERSAL OPPORTUNITIES. SHE IS ALSO AN INDEPENDENT PICTURES IN BOTH LONDON AND LOS ANGELES, AND PRODUCER AT WC1 STUDIOS, AND IS PASSIONATE HAS DEEP EXPERIENCE IN COMPLEX CROSS-BORDER ABOUT THE IDEA THAT A STORY WELL TOLD CAN CHANGE CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL, AND FINANCIAL THE WORLD. AT AUDPOP, “DREAMS START HERE,” AND TRANSACTIONS WITH ELITE INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS. WC1 STUDIOS BRINGS TO LIGHT AND RAISES AWARENESS OF “NEW STORIES FROM NEW VOICES” — NICHELLE SERVES AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF BOTH COMPANIES AMPLIFY EVOCATIVE AND DIRECTORS OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S ENTERTAINING UNTOLD STORIES FROM DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL AWARD USA AND IS AN EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVES FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES. OFFICER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SHE NICHELLE IS A CREATIVE EXECUTIVE WHO SPECIALIZES IN GRADUATED FROM STANFORD LAW SCHOOL AND IS DEVELOPING BIG IDEAS AND MAKING THEM HAPPEN. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, SHE IS A PRODUCER WITH GLOBAL FILM DISTRIBUTION ENGLAND AND WALES. SHE ALSO HOLDS DUAL AND MARKETING EXPERTISE. HER VARIED EXPERTISE AND DEGREES IN BLACK STUDIES AND LAW, JURISPRUDENCE PASSIONS ARE REFLECTED IN THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE & SOCIAL THOUGHT FROM AMHERST COLLEGE. NICOLE DUCKETT GENERAL COUNSEL AND VICE PRESIDENT, LA CLIPPERS LLC ICOLE DUCKETT IS THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND PARTNER OF THE LOS ANGELES OFFICE OF AT MILBERG N VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LA CLIPPERS LLC WHERE LLP, MS. DUCKETT REPRESENTED CLIENTS IN INITIAL SHE HAS BUILT A LEGAL AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS PUBLIC OFFERINGS, PROVIDED CORPORATE DEPARTMENT FROM THE GROUND UP AS THE GOVERNANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON ORGANIZATION’S FIRST IN- HOUSE COUNSEL. IN FINANCIAL REGULATIONS AND DISCLOSURE ADDITION TO DRIVING THE ORGANIZATION FORWARD AS REQUIREMENTS, AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND THE COMPANY’S CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, SHE ALSO PLAYS SECURITIES LITIGATION. IN ADDITION, MS. DUCKETT AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN ALL BUSINESS INITIATIVES AND ADVISED NUMEROUS MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES IN STRATEGIES OF THE ORGANIZATION. SHE SPEARHEADED COMPLEX BUSINESS LITIGATION, CORPORATE INTERNAL THE FORMATION OF THE LA CLIPPERS G LEAGUE TEAM, INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOREIGN CORPORATE AGUA CALIENTE CLIPPERS OF ONTARIO; HAS PRACTICES ACT INVESTIGATIONS FIRST AT THELEN LLP PROCURED AND MAINTAINED BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN AT MAYER BROWN LLP. BETWEEN THE LA CLIPPERS AND NUMEROUS FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, SUCH AS RED BULL, AMERICAN MS. DUCKETT IS A FORMER CITY COMMISSIONER, AIRLINES, AND KIA MOTORS; NEGOTIATED ONE OF THE SERVING MAYOR ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA AND MOST LUCRATIVE REGIONAL TELEVISION DEALS IN NBA SERVING MAYOR ERIC GARCETTI, SHE OVERSAW THE HISTORY; AND CONTINUOUSLY SERVES AS A BUSINESS LOS ANGELES CONVENTION CENTER AND THE LOS ALLY TO HER INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. ANGELES TOURISM BOARD. IN 2018, SHE WAS CHOSEN MS. DUCKETT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY BLACK WOMAN TO AS GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS SERVE AS THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER OF AN NBA ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL. FRANCHISE. MS. DUCKETT RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MS. DUCKETT’S BROAD CORPORATE EXPERIENCE ENGLISH FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, 1995, EXTENDS BEYOND THAT OF A TRADITIONAL CORPORATE DEAN’S LIST. SHE RECEIVED A JURIS DOCTOR FROM OR FINANCE ATTORNEY. PRIOR TO JOINING THE UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW, 1998, EDITOR UCLA CLIPPERS, DURING HER TIME AS THE MANAGING NATIONAL BLACK LAW JOURNAL. LISA GILFORD PARTNER, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP ISA GILFORD IS A LEADING COMPLEX CIVIL LITIGATOR LITIGATION LAWYER OF 2018” BY THE CENTURY CITY LWITH A PRACTICE FOCUSED ON CLASS ACTIONS, BAR ASSOCIATION AND HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BEST MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION, AND LARGE SCALE LAWYERS IN AMERICA (2018–2020). LISA RECEIVED COMMERCIAL DISPUTES. SHE IS LEAD COUNSEL TO THE J. MICHAEL BROWN AWARD FROM DUPONT IN CLIENTS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES INCLUDING 2008 FOR HER PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, AUTOMOTIVE, PHARMACEUTICAL, COMMUNICATIONS, RECRUITING AND MENTORING IN THE LEGAL OIL AND GAS, AEROSPACE AND CHEMICAL PROFESSION. RECENTLY, LISA WAS SELECTED TO SERVE A MANUFACTURING, SPORTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION. THREE-YEAR TERM AS AN ALTERNATE LAWYER CLIENTS TURN TO LISA FOR COUNSEL ON THEIR MOST REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL CHALLENGING AND SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ISSUES. HER CONFERENCE. ADVOCACY SKILLS HAVE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE OUTCOME OF NUMEROUS CLASS ACTIONS LISA CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE AND AGGREGATE LITIGATION MATTERS NATIONWIDE. CO-CHAIR OF SIDLEY’S GREATER LOS ANGELES OFFICES AND IS A MEMBER OF SIDLEY’S CCPA LITIGATION TASK LISA’S NUMEROUS ACCOLADES INCLUDE BEING NAMED FORCE, A DEDICATED GROUP OF LAWYERS FOCUSING BY THE LOS ANGELES DAILY JOURNAL AS ONE OF ITS SPECIFICALLY ON LITIGATION INVOLVING THE “TOP 100 LAWYERS” (2015–PRESENT), “TOP WOMEN CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA). LAWYERS” (2013–2019) AND “TOP WOMEN LITIGATORS” IN CALIFORNIA (2013–2018). THE LOS LISA PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT AT THE GEORGETOWN ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL NAMED HER TO THE “L.A. UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER AND WAS A GRADUATE 500” (2019, 2020), AS ONE OF THEIR MOST FELLOW AND PUBLIC SERVICE LAWYER WITH INFLUENTIAL WOMEN ATTORNEYS (2018–2020) AND GEORGETOWN’S INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC AMONG THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL MINORITY LAWYERS” REPRESENTATION. LISA EARNED HER LL.M. FROM (2019). THE JOHN M. LANGSTON BAR ASSOCIATION GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, HER J.D. FROM THE OF LOS ANGELES RECOGNIZED LISA AS A LAW FIRM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD PARTNER HONOREE AT THEIR 2019 HONORING SCHOOL OF LAW AND RECEIVED A B.A. FROM FURMAN EXCELLENCE IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION AWARDS. SHE UNIVERSITY. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD OF WAS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS THE “CONSUMER DIRECTORS FOR THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND AND THE LOS ANGELES MUSIC CENTER. KAREN GRANT-SELMA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS, OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK AREN GRANT-SELMA IS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OF BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS AT ITV STUDIOS AMERICA KBUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS, OWN: OPRAH AND POSITIONS AT LIVE NATION PRODUCTIONS, WINFREY NETWORK. GRANT-SELMA ALSO OVERSEES UNIVERSAL PICTURES KIDS & FAMILY PRODUCTIONS, OWN STANDARDS & PRACTICES, INTERNATIONAL MAKER STUDIOS, AMC NETWORKS, NBCUNIVERSAL, SALES, UNION ADMINISTRATION, INSURANCE, AND MIRACLE ENTERTAINMENT. SHE BEGAN HER PARTICIPATIONS, RIGHTS MANAGEMENT, AND RISK CAREER IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AT DEL SHAW MOONVES ASSESSMENT. TANAKA FINKELSTEIN & LEZCANO. PRIOR TO JOINING OWN GRANT-SELMA HANDLED GRANT-SELMA HOLDS A JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE FROM BUSINESS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS FOR DREAMWORKS THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GOULD ANIMATION, LEADING A FOCUS IN DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL OF LAW, A BACHELOR OF BUSINESS PRODUCTION OF BOTH SCRIPTED AND NON-SCRIPTED ADMINISTRATION IN MARKETING FROM THE UNIVERSITY LIVE ACTION SERIES FOR ALL DREAMWORKS PLATFORMS. OF MIAMI AND IS A MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF GRANT-SELMA’S CAREER WITH BUSINESS AND LEGAL TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES, THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF AFFAIRS FOR ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES SPANS OVER FILM & TELEVISION ARTS/LA, AND IS ON THE BOARD OF 20 YEARS, INCLUDING EIGHT YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT COUNCILORS FOR THE USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW. TABLE OF CONTENTS PANEL: SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RACIAL EQUITY: HEEDING THE CALL FOR JUSTICE A. MCLE Credit Information and Instructions B. MCLE Attendance Record Form and Evaluation C. Outline of Topic/Issues D. “Netflix Pledges $5 Million to Support Black Creators, Youth and Black- Owned Businesses,” Variety (June 15, 2020) E. “The Reckoning Over Representation: Black Hollywood Speaks Out, But Is the Industry Listening?” Variety (June 30, 2020) F. “Channel 4 and Filmmakers Debate Black British Creative Response to George Floyd,” Variety (June 16, 2020) G. “Hollywood Must Not Settle for the Comfortable Response to Fight Systemic Racism (Guest Column),” Variety (June 17, 2020) H. “Women and People of Color Still Underrepresented Behind the Scenes, Study Says,” Variety (February 6, 2020) I. “Colin Kaepernick Signs First-Look Deal With Walt Disney,” Variety (July 6, 2020) J. “Colin Kaepernick Elected to Board of Medium as Blogging Platform’s First Director Who Is a Person of Color,” Variety (June 18, 2020) CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS MCLE.E UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW IS A STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA APPROVED MCLE PROVIDER. BY ATTENDING THE 44TH ANNUAL UCLA ENTERTAINMENT SYMPOSIUM WEBINAR SERIES ON AUGUST 5, 2020, YOU MAY EARN MINIMUM CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO 0.75 HOUR OF GENERAL CREDIT AND 1 HOUR OF RECOGNITION AND ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND SOCIETY CREDIT (0.75 HOUR OF GENERAL CREDIT FOR LABOR OF LOVE: A DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN UNIONS, TALENT AND PRODUCERS AND 1 HOUR OF RECOGNITION AND ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND SOCIETY CREDIT FOR SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RACIAL EQUITY: HEEDING THE CALL FOR JUSTICE). IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT, YOU MUST VERIFY YOUR PARTICIPATION. DURING EACH OF THE TWO PRESENTATIONS OF EACH WEEKLY WEBINAR, A UNIQUE CODE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND/OR SHOWN. EACH ATTENDEE WILL THEN NEED TO WRITE DOWN THE CODE FOR THE CORRESPONDING PRESENTATION ON AN ATTENDANCE FORM WHICH, ALONG WITH AN EVALUATION, IS PROVIDED ON THE NEXT PAGE. 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