LEAD Summit
The UCLA Law Women LEAD 2026 Summit will be held on September 25, 2026.
Program
All Eyes on Me: Owning the Moment, Shaping the Future
UCLA Schoenberg Hall and University Club
UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.
Speakers are subject to change.
7:45 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - Introduction
- Kirsten Grohs '25, Associate, Paul Hastings LLP
- Jennifer Lee '07, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
9:05 - When the World Is Watching: Leadership and Legal Advice under Global Scrutiny
(This session is approved for 1 hour of California MCLE Credit.)
- Moderated by Heather Anderson '97, Vice President, Original Content and Business Affairs ESPN
- Lisa Horwitz, Associate General Counsel, LA28
- Catrice Monson '97, Vice President Labor Relations, Netflix and Lecturer in Law, UCLA School of Law
10:00 - Using Deloitte's Business Chemistry® Framework to Recognize and Strategically Mitigate Implicit Bias in the Profession and Society
(This session is approved for 1 hour of California MCLE Civility Credit.)
- Introduction by Amber Munoz '19, Counsel, The Wonderful Company
- Ashley Smith, Managing Director, Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP
10:55 - Coffee Break
11:15 - You Choose One: Concurrent Breakout Sessions
(Each of these concurrent sessions is approved for 1 hour of California MCLE Credit.)
Tackling the Biggest Shifts in Entertainment Law
- Anna Tran Reyna ’98, Deputy Chief Counsel, The Walt Disney Company, Moderator
- Alexa Camarena ‘14, Counsel, Legal & Business Affairs, Feature Film & Television, Mattel
- Mojdeh (Mo) Rosenzweig ’12, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon Studios
- Cheryl Snow ‘97, Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman, Inc.
- Xiyin Tang, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Free Speech, Full Rights, Where We Stand, Our Role in What Comes Next
- Tanya Greene ’13, Partner, DLA Piper, Moderator
- Melissa Goodman, Executive Director, UCLA Center for Reproductive Health, Law and Policy
- Laurie Levenson ’80, Professor, Loyola Law School
- Katie Townsend, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Women Dealmakers at the Center of Strategic Transactions
- Nicole Howell ’13, Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Moderator
- Lisa Kwon ’04, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Ingram Micro
- Celaena Powder ’16, Chief Legal Officer, Seismic
- Kate Sheets ’10, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Affairs, AEG Global Partnerships
- Teri Witteman ’93, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Beyond Meat
AI, Algorithms & the Future of Employment Decisions
- Felicia Davis ’09, Partner, Paul Hastings LLP, Moderator
- Jinouth Martinez (Vazquez-Santos), Global Privacy Counsel, Amazon
- Ana Mendoza ’14, Senior Counsel, California Civil Rights Department (invited)
- Angela Reddock-Wright ‘95, Mediator, Signature Resolution; Host, The Legal Lens Podcast
- Marjorie Soto Garcia ‘16, Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Navigating International Issues in Modern Legal Practice
- Hana Oh ‘16, Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel, Moderator
- Chantal Hwang ‘10, Director, Legal, NVIDIA
- Gauri Manglik ‘07, Vice President & General Counsel, GoFundMe
12:10 - Lunch – The University Club
1:30 - When Converging Pressure Tests the Guardian of Justice
(This session is approved for 1 hour of California MCLE Ethics Credit.)
- Johanna Schiavoni '02, Appellate Attorney, Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP, Moderator
- The Honorable Dolly M. Gee '84, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Central District of California
- The Honorable Mia Perez-Arroyo '99, Chief Judge and General Counsel, Texas “Yorimea” Band of Yaqui Indians
- The Honorable Jennifer Madden Ragland, Judge of the Superior Court, State of California, County of Alameda
- The Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw '79, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2:30 - Leading the Legal Profession's Next Chapter in an Era of Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Turmoil
(This session is approved for .75 hour of California MCLE Credit.)
- Ryan Patel, world-renowned futurist and go-to authority on global business, political economy, and corporate governance; frequent TV contributor, Board Director, and Senior Fellow with the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University; host and Executive Producer of the Yahoo Finance original series “How They Run w/ Ryan Patel,” a leadership interview show featuring conversations with global decision‑makers, in conversation with
- Karna Nisewaner '00, Chief Legal Officer, Silicon Quantum Computing
3:15 - Voices Driving Global Humanitarian Action
(This session is approved for .25 hour of California MCLE Credit.)
- Hadar Harris '95, Executive Director, The Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA School of Law
3:30 - Closing
- Sarah Moses ’13, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
3:35 - Toasting Our LEADers: Cocktail and Networking Reception – The University Club
*Speakers subject to change.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Your generous contributions support the UCLA Law Women LEAD Student LEADer Scholarships for first-generation UCLA Law students.
Presenting Sponsors
Paul Hastings LLP
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Platinum Sponsors
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and Tritia Murata
Alicia Miñana de Lovelace
Blue Sponsors
Nancy Abell
Michelle Banks
Dentons
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Gold Sponsors
Felicia Davis
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Lawyers for Justice, P.C.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
McDermott Will Emery
Morrison Foerster
Evelyn Aguilar Shimazaki
Bronze Sponsors
Buchalter
Samantha Grant
Tanya Greene
Lena Hines
Reed Smith LLP
Seyfarth Shaw
Emily Gould Sullivan
Michelle Yadegar
Blue & Gold Sponsors
Hueston Hennigan LLP
Jennifer Kelly
Margaret (Maggie) Levy
Amber Munoz and The Wonderful Company
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Kavita Jain Patel
Lauren Robinette
Brian Sullivan
Boryana Zamanoff
Other Supporters
Sonia Jain
