Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Let 'Em Speak


Let ‘Em Speak is a podcast about the risks and rewards of real talk by real people in the real world.

Your hosts are David, Christineand Bjørn.

Sep 20, 2021

Anna-Lesa Calvert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lesa-calvert/) is the Manager of Professional Development and Diversity at Hodgson Russ LLP. At Hodgson Russ she develops training, organizational effectiveness programs, while creating programs and processes that support a diverse and inclusive work place. Prior to her work at Hodgson Russ, she ran a non-profit focus on ensuring that underserved youth in her community had access to sport and its benefits.

By listening to this conversation with Anna-Lesa, you’ll learn about:  

- Being a diversity officer at a law firm
- Increasing diversity in law firms through pipeline, community, and internal education
- Making correct name pronunciation less awkward
- Cultural humility versus competence
- Diversifying the beautiful game

Twitter: @alsoccerpal
Article mentioned in the interview: https://fivehabitsandmore.law.yale.edu