Affinity bar associations gather October 19

The Oakland County Bar Association (OCBA), along with partnering affinity bar associations, will gather with colleagues at the biennial Taste of Diversity cocktail reception on Thursday, October 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Great Lakes Culinary Center in Southfield, celebrating the diverse and multi-cultural legal profession in a festive atmosphere with great food and friends.

The evening will feature delectable hors d’oeuvres as well as the presentation of the Leon Hubbard Community Service Award and the Michael K. Lee Memorial Award. The Taste of Diversity is sponsored by the OCBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee. It was established in 2015 to celebrate diversity and to work together with area affinity bars to promote an awareness of the need for increased diversity in the legal profession.

Partnering bar associations include:

• Armenian-American Bar Association
• Black Women Lawyers Association of Michigan
• D. Augustus Straker Bar Association
• Detroit Bar Association
• Hispanic Bar Association
• Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers
• Jewish Bar Association of Michigan
• Macomb County Bar Association
• Michigan Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Michigan Judges Association
• National Arab-American Bar Association -Michigan
• Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office
• Women’s Bar Association - Oakland Region of WLAM
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan - Wayne Region

Cost to attend is $50 or $40 for new lawyers (P82500+), students, admin assistants, and paralegals.

Tickets for Taste of Diversity are available for purchase by visiting www.ocba.org and clicking “events.”

For additional information about the event, contact the Katie Tillinger at 248-334-3400.