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SUMMARY:Law Student Series: Kick-Off & Careers in the Department of Justice
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, July 13 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET \nThis Department of Justice Roundtable will feature attorneys from various divisions of the Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. These speakers will discuss how they obtained employment with their respective divisions\, including through the Attorney General’s Honors Program\, and will also discuss the type of work they do for the Department of Justice. \nSpeakers: Bill Rinner\, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General\, Antitrust Division\nAnnie Motto\, Trial Attorney\, Civil Division\nColleen Phillips\, Trial Attorney\, Civil Rights Division\nNick Cannon\, AUSA\, Puerto Rico \nSee More Information about the Law Student Series \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \nRegistration will close on Friday\, July 10 at 2pm Eastern. \n\nLaw Students: Complimentary Registration\n\nHow to Register \nRegistration has passed \n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Mulhern\, Sections and Divisions Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/law-student-series-kick-off-careers-in-the-department-of-justice/
LOCATION:Online\, US
CATEGORIES:Law Student Division
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SUMMARY:New Orleans Chapter: Virtual Lunch with the Court with the Hon. Meredith S. Grabill
DESCRIPTION:A Lunch with the Court with the Hon. Meredith S. Grabill\, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana\, is scheduled for July 15\, 2020 at 12 noon. Due to COVID-19 this event will take place over Zoom. The program\, which is arranged by the Younger Lawyers Division of the Federal Bar Association\, is open to FBA members at no cost. The Lunch with the Court program is an excellent opportunity to meet federal practitioners\, to socialize with other attorneys new to the practice\, and to gain valuable insight. Space is limited. Register online. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration Fees \n\nComplimentary Registration\n\nHow to Register \nRSVP by July 14\, 2020 \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lunch-with-the-court-with-judge-meredith-s-grabill-tickets-109338999892 \n\n Please contact Amanda Kaiser at akaiser@nofba.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this event. \n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Amanda Kaiser\, Executive Director\, Federal Bar Association\, New Orleans Chapter
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/new-orleans-chapter-virtual-lunch-with-the-court-with-the-hon-meredith-s-grabill/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:New Orleans Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200715T120000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How to Support Asylum Seeker and Asylee Clients During the Current Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Panelists Anam Rahman\, Ben Levey\, and Courtney Madsen\, will review the myriad of challenges asylum seekers and asylees currently face\, from the Trump Administration’s drastic changes to asylum in the United States\, to the mass layoffs that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists will offer solutions where possible\, providing guidance on submitting comments on the Trump administration’s most recent proposed Asylum rule\, sharing best practices for helping clients access social services and support during these difficult times\, and discussing how to help clients navigate the uncertainty we are all facing. \nRegistration for this event has passed. \n\nAbout the Presenters\nBen Levey (Asylee Outreach Specialist\, HIAS) manages the Maryland Asylee Outreach Project\, an effort to help asylees in Maryland access the benefits and services to which they are entitled. The Asylee Outreach Project is funded by the Maryland Office for Refugees and Asylees. Under the auspices of the project\, Ben designed asyleeoutreach.org\, a multi-language website aimed at helping asylees\, attorneys\, and other advocates learn more about the benefits available to asylees. Ben also serves as the current Chair for RCUSA’s Asylum Services Working Group\, working closely with colleagues nationwide to help facilitate the integration of asylum seekers and asylees. Prior to joining HIAS\, Ben completed a teaching fellowship through Princeton in Asia. Ben graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University and was born and raised in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin. He is committed to working toward collective liberation\, and he speaks Spanish and is conversant in Thai. \nCourtney Madsen started working in refugee resettlement in 2007. She has worked both in local resettlement offices and in the national program offices to assist refugee and asylees from around the world who have come to the United States seeking safety in a new community. She has a MA in International Studies – Middle East from the University of Washington in Seattle\, and currently serves as the office director for the Church World Service Jersey City resettlement office. \n  \nAnam Rahman is a partner at the law firm Calderón Seguin PLC located in Fairfax\, Virginia. Her immigration practice covers a broad array of matters including nonimmigrant and immigrant visas\, family-sponsored petitions\, waivers of inadmissibility\, asylum\, humanitarian relief\, and all forms of relief from removal. Anam specializes in asylum and removal defense\, including direct representation of detained individuals\, and regularly appears before the Arlington and Baltimore Immigration Courts. She also represents clients in seeking affirmative forms of relief as well as appellate and federal work before the Board of Immigration Appeals\, Administrative Appeals Office\, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia\, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Additionally\, Anam is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law School\, teaching the Women and Immigration Fieldwork Practicum\, and a Board Member of AsylumWorks. She received her law degree from The George Washington University Law School and her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from The George Washington University. \n  \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event has passed \nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for notices of cancellation received after the close of business on July 8. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made up to one business day prior to the event except as the Association otherwise agrees in writing. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy 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. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Mulhern\, Sections and Divisions Manager.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-how-to-support-asylum-seeker-and-asylee-clients-during-the-current-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Dispute Resolution in the Workplace: Managing Remote Workers
DESCRIPTION:Remote or hybrid work has been trending over the past several years. Companies and employers are shifting to remote work in order to cut costs\, gain efficiencies\, and offer employee flexibility. According to recent Census data\, 5.2% of the workforce worked from home before the pandemic. It is likely that the pandemic has increased the percentage of remote workers. Whether the change to remote work will be for better or worse depends on a lot of factors such as worker productivity and collaboration. How are you or your client doing managing remote workers? Do you need workplace facilitation tips for remote worker issues? Do you manage remote workers and are you trying to uplevel? \nWe will discuss the following topics for attorneys\, mediators\, and human resource professionals to consider while navigating the waters of managing remote workers: \n\nLaws that relate to managing remote workers\nAccountability for remote workers\nAccountability for remote worker supervisors and managers\nCreating a cohesive work culture in a remote environment\nRapport building for remote workers and teams\nIdeas for managing dynamic employee personalities in remote work environments\, including difficult personalities\nToxic work environments and employee discipline\nRemote workplace issues that attorneys\, mediators\, and human resource professionals often hear about or encounter and possible solutions\n\nThe CLE panel of presenters includes labor and employment attorneys\, seasoned mediators\, and a human resource professional and career coach. We have allocated time for questions and answers at the end of the program. Please join us on Wednesday\, July 15\, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EST for this interesting and lively one-hour program focused on the ADR process and skills and labor and employment law. \nRegistration for this event has passed \n\nAbout the Presenters\n \nAngela Eastman\, Principal Consultant\, AME High Solutions\, LLC (Moderator)  \nAngela Eastman\, JD\, LLM is a regulatory compliance consultant primarily focused on health law and market regulation matters related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Prior to regulatory compliance consulting\, Angela worked for a large health insurer as in-house counsel. Thereafter\, Angela practiced law for several years at Eastman Law + Dispute Resolution in Vermont providing outside counsel to health insurance companies and other health organizations\, representing clients in domestic relations matters including domestic and sexual violence\, and mediating complex civil litigation matters. She has also instructed MBA students as an adjunct professor. Angela earned her BA from of McGill University\, JD from Vermont Law School\, and LLM in ADR from Pepperdine University School of Law (Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution). She has completed leadership training through the Vermont Leadership Institute (Snelling Center for Government)\, Leadership Champlain (Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce)\, and the University of Vermont (School of Business Administration). Angela holds certifications and designations in Project Management\, Advanced Project Management\, Market Conduct Management (MCM)\, Leadership and Management\, and Emotional Intelligence. Her admissions include the State of Vermont\, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont\, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently\, Angela serves as a board member for Cardinal Opportunities\, Inc. and secretary of the ADR section of the Federal Bar Association. She is also active in the local Boulder\, Colorado community by volunteering for and supporting non-profit organizations with missions focused on self-sufficiency\, education\, women\, and mental health and substance use disorder. \nGabriel Soto\, Attorney\, Thomas J. Henry Law (Moderator) \nGabriel (Gabe) Soto grew up in Seguin\, Texas and graduated from Villanova University with a BA in 1997. He graduated from the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio with his JD in 2001 and his LLM in ADR from the Straus Institute at Pepperdine University Law School. Gabriel served as a mediator before Superior Court of California Santa Monica Small Claims Court and received training through the California Academy of Mediation Professionals.  He also served as an extern with the ADR court for the LA Superior Court and the EEOC Mediation Unit in Los Angeles. Gabriel has represented the State of Illinois in labor and employment disputes and presented cases before arbitration.  He also practiced as a litigation attorney and conducted negotiations for over fifteen years in civil board litigation cases. Currently\, Gabriel serves as a board member for the Southern California Family Mediation and membership chair for the ADR Section of the Federal Bar. Gabriel is licensed by the Texas and Illinois Bar. He also enjoys fishing\, running\, and outdoors activities with his two children. \nDaniel Lacy\, Command Labor Attorney\, United States Military Entrance Processing Command \nDaniel (Dan) Lacy grew up in Westmont\, Illinois and graduated from Valparaiso University in 2006. He graduated from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago with his J.D. in 2010 and his LL.M. (Information Technology and Privacy Law) in 2011.  Daniel was named Assistant Director of Academic Achievement at The John Marshall Law School.  In that role\, he oversaw bar preparation courses for 3L students as well as teaching Professional Responsibility and Bar Essay Writing.  In 2012\, Dan joined the Army Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps as a Second Lieutenant.  In 2015\, Dan became a labor and employment law attorney for the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) in North Chicago\, IL. USMEPCOM is responsible for the processing and enlistment of all applicants into the Uniformed Services.  In this role\, he has responsibility for all labor and employment legal actions taken against or by the Command.  He handles on average over 40 Merit Systems Protection Board actions\, 30 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination suits\, and multiple Federal Labor Relations Authority actions.  He is responsible for over 3\,000 civilian employees at 66 sites nationwide (including Puerto Rico) for a joint command with direct reporting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  Dan is one of two ethics counselors for the Command and reviews contracts for fee-based providers totaling over $200\,000\,000 a year.  He is also a Captain and acting Brigade Judge Advocate for the 420th Engineer Brigade\, Bryan Texas. He currently lives in Westmont\, Illinois with his wife Beth and two dogs\, Maverick & Dasha. \nNeil Groberg\, Mediator and Attorney\, Groberg Mediation \nNeil Groberg owns Groberg Mediation located in Burlington\, Vermont. He provides mediation\, arbitration and facilitation services online and in person as well as teaching\, training\, and independent harassment investigations in Vermont\, Connecticut\, New York\, throughout New England and beyond. Neil spent many years as in-house counsel focusing on labor and employment issues (and serving as the alternative work scheduling facilitator for the State of Connecticut and one of its major unions). Neil also currently teaches health care law to Bachelor of Science and Masters of Health Care Administration students at Champlain College and has also taught Employment Law and Business Law to college and grad students. Neil currently serves as co-chair of the Dispute Resolution section of the Vermont Bar Association. \nAngela Smith\, Human Resources\, Recruiting\, and Career Coach\, Loft Consulting \nAngela Smith is an award-winning leader in the field of human resources and career coaching\, and offers over a decade of experience in leadership development\, and organizational strategy. Her varied background includes academia\, non-profit\, renewable energy\, healthcare\, tech\, corporate\, and start-up. A champion for progressive and modern HR policies\, she is passionate about organizational development\, workplace culture\, employee engagement\, and employer branding. She writes regularly about the world of work and job searching\, and her work can be found on The Muse\, LinkedIn Today\, Mashable\, Forbes\, and LearnVest. As a speaker\, Angela has presented at several conferences and workshops\, including Miami Dade’s NAF Student/Industry Conference\, Women of Isenberg\, CUPA HR\, and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility\, as well as college campuses including Cornell University\, University of Vermont\, Florida International University\, Champlain College\, and Miami Dade College. She holds an MBA from UMass Amherst\, and is a certified HR professional through SHRM and HRCI\, and provides fractional HR consulting services via Loft Consulting. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event has passed \nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for notices of cancellation received after the close of business on July 8\, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made up to one business day prior to the event except as the Association otherwise agrees in writing. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \n\nCLE\n 1 Credit (60min) / 1.2 Credit (50min) \nCredit for these complimentary webinars will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the webinar event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. Your bar number must be accurate in our database to receive credit. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy 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. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Caitlin Rider\, Conference Manager
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SUMMARY:Foundation of the FBA Board Meeting
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URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/foundation-of-the-fba-board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Conference Call
CATEGORIES:Foundation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200717T130000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Transportation Security and Resilience Amid COVID-19 | Part I
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Two Part Series:\nRegister just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part I will be hosted on Friday\, July 17\, 2020 at 1 PM – 2 PM and Part II will take place at the same time a week later\, on July 24\, 2020. \nRSVP: CLOSED See Part II For Registration  \nFriday\, July 17 | 1 PM – 2 PM EST\nPart I: Responding to the Contagion:  How the Interagency and Industry Are Addressing the Outbreak\nA discussion about past and ongoing efforts deployed by various agencies to address the COVID-19 public health emergency and mitigate impacts to transportation security. Panelists will discuss specific legal measures\, key takeaways\, and lessons learned with respect to the air and rail industries.  Topics will include interagency coordination\, presidential actions and implementation\, and screening measures. \nAbout the Presenters\nJohn F. Havranek\, Associate General Counsel\, Operations and Enforcement Law Division\, Department of Homeland Security (Moderator) \nJohn F. Havranek is the Associate General Counsel for Operations and Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security\, Office of General Counsel. John is responsible for providing legal advice concerning DHS enforcement matters\, international law\, national security matters\, operations\, and all-hazards incident management\, including the provision of legal support to aid in the development and management of policies\, plans\, exercises\, training\, crises\, and incident management. John is also an Appellate Judge for the U.S. Coast Guard Court of Criminal. Secretary Napolitano appointed John to the U.S. Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals on May 2\, 2011.\nJohn retired from the U.S. Marine Corps where his last assignment on active duty was serving as the Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\, specializing in operational law\, the law of war\, and detention operations. During his military career\, John served as a Staff Judge Advocate\, prosecutor\, defense counsel\, appellate counsel\, and Military Judge. John is originally from Fremont\, Nebraska and is a graduate of Creighton University and the Creighton University School of Law. \nWilliam S.W. Chang\, Deputy General Counsel\, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services \nWill Chang is Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  In that role\, Will advises HHS’ senior leadership on high-priority public-health issues\, regulatory reforms\, litigations\, internal and external investigations\, and fraud-and-abuse matters.  Will’s portfolio includes several operating and staff divisions\, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, National Institutes of Health\, Health Resources and Services Administration\, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. Before joining HHS\, Will was a white-collar defense and healthcare partner at an international law firm.  He has also served as a healthcare- and securities-fraud prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice\, Criminal Division\, Fraud Section \nElise J. Crawford\, Supervisory Attorney-Advisor\, Chicago\, Transportation Security Administration \nElise Crawford is the Transportation Security Administration’s Supervisory Attorney-Advisor in Chicago and is responsible for legal services to the Federal Security Directors and the Federal Air Marshals’ Supervisory Agents in Charge in Illinois\, Iowa\, Michigan\, Missouri\, Minnesota and Wisconsin.  Elise has been with TSA since 2002. Prior to joining TSA\, Elise was Senior Counsel for Enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury\, where she assisted in providing legal services to the U.S. Secret Service\, U.S. Customs Service\, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms\, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.  Prior to joining Treasury’s Office of General Counsel on a permanent basis\, Elise was an Honors Attorney there\, preceded by a Federal judicial clerkship with the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan in Washington\, DC.  Before beginning her legal career\, Elise spent several years as a management consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP\, focusing primarily on quantifying damages in complex litigation and government contract compliance. Elise has a B.B.A. in Finance and Economics from the University of Notre Dame\, and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley\, where she graduated with honors and was an editor on the Law Review.  She is a member of the California Bar. When not at work advocating on behalf of her TSA clients\, Elise volunteers as an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.  She is happiest when living out of a tent and taking back country mountain hikes with her husband and their three children. \nPolly Hanson\, Senior Director\, Security\, Risk\, and Emergency Management\, American Public Transportation Association \nAPTA is the leading force in advancing public transportation in North America. To strengthen and improve public transportation\, Ms. Hanson coordinates with stakeholders to develop transit security\, risk and emergency management standards and policies. Hanson performs peer reviews and assists with safety audits and serves as an advocate for transportation security as well as a source matter expert on transit security\, risk and emergency management issues and concerns. Previously Ms. Hanson was the Chief of Police for AMTRAK where she led a national police department responsible for protecting over 30 million passengers and 20\,000 employees. Prior to Amtrak\, Polly was a career SES 1811 serving as the Director of the Office of Law Enforcement and Security for the Department of the Interior. At the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C.\, Polly was the Executive Director\, Strategic Services Bureau where as a civilian Assistant Chief she oversaw the development of policy and procedures\, tactical crime analysis and research\, strategic planning\, applicant and promotional testing. Polly began her career at the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) where she progressed through the ranks. As the Chief of the Metro Transit Police\, Polly led a tristate police department comprised of 1\,500 square miles and oversaw a budget of $50 million\, with 553 personnel and led the response to the terrorist attacks in Madrid and London\, help create public awareness campaigns and was an original member of the Peer Advisory Group (PAG) for the TSA Administrator. Polly received her Masters degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Johns Hopkins and her Bachelors degree in Communications from Temple University.  In addition\, Polly continued her education by attending the F.B.I. National Executive Institute\, the F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar\, and the F.B.I. National Academy. Polly is working to obtain her FTA TSSP and SMS certifications. Polly is the recipient of WMATA’s Carmen E. Turner Award and was awarded a COMTO Women Who Move the Nation Award. Polly is a member of the Operation Lifesaver\, Inc. Board and is the Vice-Chair of the TSA Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee. \nPeter J. Kirsch\, Partner\, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP \nPeter Kirsch’s practice focuses on regulation and development of transportation infrastructure and other public sector projects.  Peter represents clients ranging from local governments to the private sector and public interest groups in negotiations and litigation over land use entitlements\, the environmental impacts of infrastructure projects\, and compliance with federal transportation law and regulations.  He litigates cases before administrative agencies\, numerous state and federal trial and appellate courts\, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  He represents airport sponsors and local governments before Congress and federal administrative agencies. \n  \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy 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. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy registering for an FBA webinar\, 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Mulhern
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-transportation-security-and-resilience-amid-covid-19/
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