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About This Webinar
Over the last few months, organizations have been responding to recent social justice issues by taking a stand against racial inequalities and recommitting themselves to elevating the voices of their diverse employees, customers, and local communities. But how are organizations taking action now that the world of social media is holding them more accountable? Come join this discussion to learn how you can support your organization as they tackle DEI issues and ways that you can use your influence to drive change for the legal ecosystem.
Presenters
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    Joslyn Chulski
    Program Manager, Legal at Dow
    Joslyn Chulski is a Program Manager for Dow, in Midland, Michigan. She began her legal career in 2000 as an administrative assistant in the Intellectual Property (IP) group and has served in various roles across the legal department including litigation paralegal for IP and complex litigation, discovery project management, and most recently as an analyst and project manager in legal business operations. Today, her responsibilities span knowledge management, learning, development, and change management for the department. Joslyn also serves as the department’s inclusion champion and recently added responsibility for legal external provider diversity.

    Joslyn has a passion for belonging, diversity, inclusion, equity, and wellbeing. She is a steering team member with the Michigan chapter of Dow’s Woman’s Innovation Network employee resource group. In the community, she is a founding member of The Visibility Project—a regional diversity-focused podcast aimed at driving awareness of unseen and unheard populations in the community, Vice President of the board for Safe and Sound—Midland’s only child abuse and neglect organization, and a member of the Midland wellbeing taskforce—completing her capstone in the Certificate for Creating Wellbeing this winter.

    Joslyn holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management and a Masters of Organizational Leadership from Northwood University and a Paralegal Certificate from the American Institute of Paralegal Studies.
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    Omar Sweiss
    Diversity Advocate and Founder & Chief Executive Officer at JusticeBid
    I’ve been an entrepreneur all my life and decided to go to law school so I could be a better entrepreneur and, of course, save money by handling my own businesses’ legal needs, in-house. I couldn’t imagine having come to the point in life I am now, any other way.

    Having spent 20 + years building businesses and investing in diverse opportunities, and a decade as in-house counsel for my company, I’ve lived by these principles: Trust, Servant, Teaching, and Learning.

    Trust is paramount - above and beyond anything else. Every good businessperson knows that viewing a “deal” in a vacuum is short-sighted, as it is the trusting relationships born out of that “deal” that fuel lasting connections, self-fulfillment, and growth. Additionally, every good attorney knows that contracts only go so far, and that relationships built on trust are worth more than the best-written agreement.

    Servant-leadership is the only way I know how to lead. I smile wistfully when I hear the phrase “scope creep” because of how important generosity is to me, both in business and in my personal life. Service of others is the heart of who I am, personally and professionally. For me, this value was born from my childhood upbringing and is deep-rooted in my faith. It gets me into trouble sometimes, and often causes me to work later into the evening than I planned to, in the name of going above and beyond for those I work with.

    Teaching and learning is one of my highest callings. I have learned from many wonderful professors and mentors over the years, and currently teach evenings at Trinity Christian College to help shape my students’ academic, personal, and spiritual growth. My client relationships are based on this very same principle: I see our work together as a partnership that includes amazing technology but, more importantly, growth through knowledge sharing - and never simply as a transaction.