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SUMMARY:Webinar: Qualified Immunity in 2024-2025
DESCRIPTION:The doctrine of qualified immunity protects government officials from individual liability unless their act violated “clearly established” law. Though there are calls for its reform or complete abolition\, it continues to be regularly applied throughout the country. \nThis presentation will provide an update on the current status of qualified immunity\, primarily by examining published cases from the United States Court of Appeals addressing the issue from January 2024 through February 2025. It will include (1) A brief background of the qualified immunity doctrine and a description of the current state of the law from the Supreme Court\, (2) A statistical review of published cases involving qualified immunity in the Courts of Appeals\, (3) Highlights of Court of Appeals qualified immunity cases of interest\, and (4) A look ahead to qualified immunity issues in the rest of 2025. \n Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section. \nRegister Today!\n\nAbout the Presenters\n \nModerator: Kyle Kaiser\, Senior Trial Counsel\, Litigation Division\, Utah Attorney General’s Office\nKyle Kaiser is an Assistant Attorney General and Senior Trial Counsel in the Litigation Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office. He has been with the office since July 2011. Kyle’s practice focuses on defending claims of constitutional or civil rights violations brought against the State of Utah\, its agents\, agencies\, and subdivisions\, and Utah colleges and school districts. Kyle is also appointed as a judge pro tempore for the Salt Lake City Justice Court\, presiding over civil small claims matters. Before working for the Utah AG’s Office\, Kyle was employed as Staff Attorney for Justice Dale Wainwright of the Supreme Court of Texas\, where he not only assisted Justice Wainwright in researching and preparing opinions and analyzing petitions for review\, but was in charge of the Court’s annual hot pepper eating competition. Before that\, Kyle was a litigation and intellectual property associate with the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine\, P.A. in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, and served as a law clerk for Richard Dorr\, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri\, in Springfield. Kyle received his J.D.\, with high distinction\, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2003\, where he was Senior Managing Editor of the Iowa Law Review\, was awarded the Hancher-Finkbine Medallion\, and was inducted into Order of the Coif. Kyle received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Drake University\, summa cum laude\, in 2000. Away from work\, Kyle enjoys spending time with his wife Pearl\, their daughter Cora\, and their cat Milo; camping around Utah in a 1983 Chevy RV; competing in pub trivia events (mostly virtually this year); playing percussion with the local community band and piano in the privacy of his own home; and judging mock trial competitions. \nNicole Johnston\,  Attorney Fellow\, Litigation Division\, Utah Attorney General’s Office.\nNicole Johnston is an Attorney Fellow with the Utah Attorney General’s Office\, Litigation Division. She received her J.D. and Public Interest Certificate from the University of Utah\, S.J. Quinney College of Law in 2023. While in law school\, Nicole externed for Judge Daphne Oberg at the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah and served as Articles Editor of the Utah Law Review. Nicole currently serves on the Young Lawyer Division Board for the Utah State Bar and volunteers with the Utah Law Related Education Program. \n  \n\n\nRegistration\nRegister Here\n\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-qualified-immunity-in-2024-25/
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Law Section
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SUMMARY:Webinar: What Every Lawyer Should Know About ABLE Accounts: Supporting People with Disabilities\, Families\, and Caregivers
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nThis CLE will provide an overview on how ABLE accounts can positively impact people with disabilities\, their families\, and their caregivers. It will also provide statutory background on ABLE accounts and will explain eligibility requirements\, account management\, contribution limits\, qualified expenses\, tax rules\, and interactions with benefits programs (such as SSI and Medicaid). Finally\, the CLE will provide practice pointers for the usage of ABLE accounts\, including working in conjunction with special needs trusts. \nRegister Here!\nPresented by the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Career Service Division. Co-sponsored by the FBA Civil Rights Law Section\, Diversity & Inclusion Committee and District of Columbia Chapter. \n\nAbout the Presenters\n \nG. Alisa Ferguson\, Esq.\nVirginia’s ABLEnow Director\, Commonwealth Savers Plan formerly Virginia529 \nAlisa Ferguson serves as the Director for Virginia’s Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) program\, ABLEnow\, administered by Commonwealth Savers.  In that role\, she manages all aspects of the ABLEnow program\, giving individuals with disabilities the opportunity to save without impacting necessary benefits. She previously served as Associate General Counsel providing legal support to Commonwealth Savers’ Board of Directors\, CEO\, General Counsel and the staff for all Commonwealth Savers education and ABLE savings programs.  She joined Commonwealth Savers in 2011. \nPrior to joining Commonwealth Savers\, Alisa worked in private practice for 3 years as a trusts and estate attorney.  She focused her practice in the areas of estate planning\, special needs planning\, and estate and trust administration. \nAlisa graduated with honors from the University of Richmond School of Law.  Alisa received her B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from James Madison University.  She is a member of the Virginia State Bar\, Virginia Bar Association\, the Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association\, the American Bar Association\, and the Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyer’s Alliance.  She serves as an Executive Board member of the ABLE Savings Plans Network (ASPN)\, Co-chair of the ASPN Strategic Planning Committee\, and Co-chair of the ASPN Program Committee. Alisa is a member of the Women for Madison Executive Advisory Council for James Madison University and a past president of the Board of Directors for Medical Home Plus. \nAlisa lives in Lexington\, Virginia with her husband and four children. \n \nEric Ochmanek\nProgram Director\, National Association of State Treasurers’ ABLE today \nEric Ochmanek leads ABLE today at the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) which advances financial empowerment for people with disabilities by increasing the awareness of ABLE accounts. ABLE today directly engages the disability community through national outreach\, developing resources\, and fostering partnerships for all ABLE programs. \nBefore joining NAST\, Eric was a member of the Senior Staff in the Ohio Treasurer’s office\, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff. In 2016\, Eric worked to launch one of the first ABLE programs. He developed the in-state and national outreach for what would become one of the most utilized ABLE programs. He has traveled throughout the country to connect people with disabilities with ABLE accounts and built partnerships within the disability\, financial\, legal\, and support service communities. \nPreviously\, Eric worked for British Petroleum in the North America Gas division\, the White House Office of Presidential Advance\, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Secretary. \nEric is a graduate of Adrian College (Adrian\, MI). He and his wife enjoy volunteering at their sons’ school and for their sports teams. \n \n  \nCharles J. “Chuck” Saia\, Esq. \nCo-Administrator\, New Hampshire’s NH ABLE Plan; and the Executive Director\, NH Governor’s Commission on Disability \nCharles J. “Chuck” Saia is the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Governor’s Commission on Disability (GCD)\, a cross-disability Executive Branch agency within the Governor’s Office. He also serves as the appointed co-administrator of New Hampshire’s ABLE plan\, along with the State of New Hampshire’s State Treasurer\, a role held since the launch of New Hampshire’s ABLE plan in 2017.  Chuck works closely with the Governor’s Office\, State agencies\, the public and other stakeholders to improve accessibility for individuals with a disability in all facets throughout the State. \nChuck is licensed to practice law in NH and in years’ past\, he has represented clients in various segments of the judicial process. \nChuck received his B.A. from Boston College and J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegister Here!\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.\n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-focus-on-able-accounts-a-financial-tool-specifically-for-people-with-disabilities/
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Law Section,Federal Career Service Division
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SUMMARY:Webinar: When AI Discriminates: What Employees and Employers Should Know to Protect Their Rights
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will explore the issues that arise from using AI in employment situations and the potential discriminatory impacts on employees. Our presentation will provide: 1) a brief overview of federal anti-discrimination laws governing employment\, with an emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities Act; 2) a dive into AI\, how it is used in the employment context\, and how its uses can result in discrimination against protected classes; 3) an explanation of federal and emerging state laws and how they can be used to protect an individual employee’s rights; 4) a review of current cases of interest; 5) and tips and best practices for employees and employers to consider when they encounter AI in the workplace. \n Presented by the Civil Rights Law Section. \nRegister Today!\n\nAbout the Presenters\n \nWilliam Goren\, Consultant and Attorney\, William D. Goren JD LLM LLC \nWilliam D. Goren\, Esq.\, of William D. Goren\, J.D.\, LL.M. LLC in Decatur\, GA\, has been dealing with the ADA as an Attorney since 1990. His law and consulting practice\, https://www.understandingtheada.com/\, as well as his blog\, Understanding the ADA\, (a member of the ABA Top 100 for five consecutive years\, 2014-2018- there was no ABA 100 in 2019-2021)\, all focus on understanding the ADA so that the client understands what it means to comply with that law and related laws. In particular\, he provides consulting\, counseling\, representation\, and training services involving compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act\, Rehabilitation Act of 1973\, and related laws- such as the Air Carrier Access Act and the Fair Housing Act\, among others. Mr. Goren also brings a deep\, personal understanding of what it means to have a disability\, equipping him with exceptional insight on how the ADA actually works. He is deaf with a congenital bilateral hearing loss of 65–90+ decibels\, but functions entirely in the hearing world thanks to hearing aids\, Bluetooth technology\, and lip-reading. For reasons independent of his deafness\, he also uses voice dictation technology to access his computer. He is also a frequent presenter\, a trained mediator\, a FINRA arbitrator (Chairperson eligible)\, and an arbitrator on the CPR employment panel. Finally\, he is the author of Understanding the ADA\, now in its 4th edition (ABA 2013)\, and numerous other articles on the rights of persons with disabilities. He is a member of various committees of the American Bar Association and is also a member of: the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Diversity and Inclusion committee; the FBA’s Civil Rights committee and its Governing Board; FBA’s Civil Rights Amicus committee; and the Chair of the FBA’s Working Group on Disability Best Practices\, which formulated an accessibility manual for the FBA and its chapters. He is also a member of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association and its lead for its Amicus committee. He has an A.B. from Vassar College\, a J.D. from University of San Diego School of Law\, and was one of the first in the entire country to receive the LL.M. in health law\, in his case from DePaul University College of Law. Interesting fact: He trained his miniature poodle to be a hearing dog while he practices virtually. \nAnthony May\, Partner\, Brown Goldstein & Levy \nAnthony May has represented clients in a variety of complex litigation matters including assisting employees with disabilities in obtaining accessible technology and accommodations in the workplace\, representing individuals who have been wrongfully convicted\, commercial litigation disputes\, and fighting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. \nPrior to joining the firm\, Anthony was the Francis D. Murnaghan\, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow at The Public Justice Center\, where he represented indigent clients\, authored amicus briefs\, and argued in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Maryland appellate courts on various anti-poverty and civil rights cases. He clerked on the Appellate Court of Maryland (formerly known as the Maryland Court of Special Appeals) for the Honorable Deborah Sweet Eyler (Ret.). \nWhile attending law school\, Anthony worked as a law clerk at Brown Goldstein & Levy\, was the Executive Symposium Editor of the Journal of Race\, Religion\, Gender & Class\, a semi-finalist in the ABA Labor & Employment Law Trial Competition\, and a Legal Writing Fellow. \n\n\nRegistration\nRegister Here\n\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/when-ai-discriminates-what-employees-and-employers-should-know-to-protect-their-rights/
CATEGORIES:Civil Rights Law Section
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