General Counsel Symposium

Syracuse University College of Law’s Corporate Law Society (CLS) is hosting the General Counsel (GC) Symposium in Dineen Hall on Thursday, September 19 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The GC Symposium will provide attendees with the opportunity to hear from senior business leaders, understand the challenges faced by GCs, and network. A GC is a company’s main attorney and primary legal advisor. The event is free and open to all Syracuse Law and Syracuse University students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

There will be a reception in Dineen Hall from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., followed by the first Business Negotiation Competition (BNC) starting at 6 p.m. The BNC will feature two teams of two Syracuse Law students negotiating a business scenario in front of a panel of Syracuse Law alumni judges. The four finalists will have prevailed through four preliminary rounds of competition throughout September.

The Symposium will feature four panels:

“Welcome to In-House: The Role of the General Counsel”

Jim Dixon; Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer; RWE Clean Energy

Prashanth Jayachandran L’98, G’98; Senior Vice President & Chief Supply Chain Counsel; Colgate-Palmolive

Mary Snyder L’02; Executive Vice President & General Counsel; SRC

“Getting to the Boardroom: The Path to In-House Success”                                                                          

Joe Di Scipio L’95, G’95; Senior Vice President, FCC Legal & Business Affairs and Assistant General Counsel; Fox Corporation

Leslie Park L’95; Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs; Hallmark Media

Aaron Tidman L’07; Assistant General Counsel and Director, Compliance; Pinterest

“Legal Competency in Tech: Let’s Talk Semiconductors”

Jeff Guiterrez L’97; Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Semtech (invited)

Rebecca Peters L’02; Director of Public Policy, Semiconductor Policy; Samsung

Richard Thurston; Senior Vice President, General Counsel (Ret.)/Chief Executive Officer/Chief Legal Officer; Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp./Hudson Valley Fast Fab

“Leadership Challenges: Handling the Best and Worst Days of a Company”

Melanie Gray L’81; Retired Partner, Winston Strawn; Chair, Syracuse University College of Law Board of Advisors

Lily Yan Hughes; Assistant Dean of Career Services and Student Experience; Syracuse University College of Law

Richard Paul L’90; Vice President, Associate GC (Ret.); Lockheed Martin