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2021 Civil Rights Étouffée
The Civil Rights Étouffée is the signature CLE event produced by the FBA’s Civil Rights Law section. Typically we host this event in New Orleans, but this year will gather on the ‘net and do our best to preserve a NOLA “state of mind” as we explore eight panels on cutting-edge areas of civil rights law and ethics issues of the moment. This extraordinary national event is proudly co-sponsored by the following FBA Sections and Chapters, and FREE to their members. Learn more at www.etouffeelaw.com and sign up today!
Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section
Co-Sponsored by:
- Broward County Chapter
- Chattanooga Chapter
- Central District of Illinois Chapter
- Chicago Chapter
- Columbus Chapter
- Dayton Chapter
- Eastern District of Michigan Chapter
- Eastern District of New York Chapter
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter
- El Paso Chapter
- Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee
- Federal Litigation Section
- Iowa Chapter
- Kansas and Western District of Missouri Chapter
- LGBTQ+ Law Section
- Massachusetts Chapter
- Memphis Mid South Chapter
- Middle District of Pennsylvania Chapter
- Minnesota Chapter
- New Orleans Chapter
- Northern District of Ohio Chapter
- Northern Virginia Chapter
- Oklahoma City Chapter
- Roanoke Chapter
- San Diego Chapter
- South Florida Chapter
- Southern District of Georgia Chapter
- Southern District of New York Chapter
- Tampa Bay Chapter
- Utah Chapter
- Younger Lawyers Division
Registration
Registration for this event has closed.
Live Captioning
Captioning will be available for all virtual panels. Information on how to access captioning will be provided to registrants the week of the program.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds or substitutions will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on Friday, January 22. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Agenda
Thursday, January 28
[12:00 – 1:00 pm EST] Enhancing Justice: Ethically Reducing Bias in Policing and the Courts
- Hon. Bernice B. Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- Heston Silbert, Director, Arizona Department of Public Safety
- MODERATOR: Jason Downs, Chief Deputy Attorney, U.S. Office of Attorney General for the Distract of Columbia
[1:15 – 2:15 pm EST] When Exceptions Become the Rule: LGBTQ Rights and Religious Exemptions
- Camilla Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation, Lambda Legal
- Taylor Lund, Professor, Wayne State University College of Law
- MODERATOR: Robin Wagner, Associate, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers; Chair, FBA Civil Rights Section
[2:45 – 3:45 pm EST] Back to the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Civil Rights
- Phil Mayor, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
- Vincent Southerland, Executive Director, Center on Race, Inequality and the Law, NYU School of Law
- Jennifer Lord, Partner, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers
- MODERATOR: Robin Wagner, Associate, Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers; Chair, FBA Civil Rights Section
[4:00 – 5:00 pm EST] KEYNOTE: How to Ethically Navigate Social Media When Your Case is in the Headlines
- Joseph A. Bondy, The Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy, Counsel for Lev Parnas, Creator of #LetLevSpeak
Friday, January 29
[12:00 – 1:00 pm EST] Making it Right: Vulnerable Kids, Education, and COVID-19
- Margie Wakelin, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center
- Carl P. Beard, Beard Legal Group
- MODERATOR: Caryl Andrea Oberman, Law Offices of Caryl Andrea Oberman
[1:15 – 2:15 pm EST] Title IX in the Era of #metoo
- Mica McKinney, General Counsel, Utah State University
- Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius
- MODERATOR: Kyle Kaiser, FBA Civil Rights Section
[2:45 – 3:45 pm EST] What is Environmental Justice?
- Rebecca Bratspies, Founding Director, Center for Urban Environmental Reform and Professor of Law, CUNY
- Emily Posner, Emily Posner Law
- Marianne Cufone, Director of Environmental Law Program, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law & Director for GreenJustice
[4:00 – 5:00 pm EST] KEYNOTE: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Obfuscation: War Stories from the Front Lines of Voting Rights Litigation & the Post Office
- Remy Green, Partner, Cohen & Green
- Samuel Spital, Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Shankar Duraiswamy, Parnter, Covington
CLE
Attendees can receive CLE Credit in a limited number of states:
Alabama, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia
FBA Chapters will be managing CLE credit for the below states:
Florida (Broward County Chapter), Illinois (Chicago Chapter), Iowa (Iowa Chapter), Ohio (Dayton Chapter), Tennessee (Memphis Mid South Chapter), Utah (Utah Chapter)
60min state: (8) CLE Credits, including (2) Ethics Credit
50min state: (9.6) CLE Credit, including (2.4) Ethics Credit
Certificates and credit for these virtual panels will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit.
Sponsorship
Is your chapter or section interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Robin Wagner <rwagner@pittlawpc.com> for more information.
FAQs
Q: How do I access the virtual panels?
A: Virtual panels will each have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a welcome email and calendar invitations the week of the conference.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the conference. Please note that CLE credit will only be submitted for attendees that watch the live broadcast.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact meetings@fedbar.org for any other questions.
Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.