7th Annual Minority Bar CLE Conference
Thursday, June 27, 2019, 11:15 AM to Friday, June 28, 2019, 1:15 PM CDT
Category: Events
Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association, Asian American Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Chinese American Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association, Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Korean American Bar Association, The Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, Puerto Rican Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
Chicago June 27-28, 2019 ISBA Regional Office 20 S. Clark Street, Suite 900 Thursday: 11:15 a.m. Lunch for Pre-registrants 11:45 a.m. – 4:55 p.m. Reception: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. Springfield (Interactive Simulcast Site with Streaming Video) June 27-28, 2019 Illinois Bar Center 424 S. Second Street Thursday: 11:15 a.m. Lunch for Pre-registrants 11:45 a.m. – 4:55 p.m. Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. 8.5 hours MCLE credit, including 2.5* hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following category: Diversity/Inclusion MCLE credit Back by popular demand! Don’t miss the 7th Annual Minority Bar CLE Conference that offers you guidance and information in a number of practice areas. Enhance your knowledge on an array of key issues, including:
Program Moderators: Jaz Park , Law Offices of Chicago-Kent, Chicago Ernesto R. Palomo, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:15- 11:45 Networking Luncheon Available for Pre-Registrants Sponsored by the Diversity Scholarship Foundation 11:45 – 12:00 Welcome and Introduction Hon. Jesse G. Reyes, Illinois Appellate Court First District, Chicago 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Diversity in the Judiciary* Cook County Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers Association, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois You will be inspired by this diverse panel of judges speaking about the particular hurdles they faced in seeking the bench due to their race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation and how they overcame them. Panelists will also share with attendees their perspective on their role in the judiciary as a member of an underrepresented group and how they fulfill their responsibility to others, like them, who aspire to serve on the bench. Moderator: Hon. Marian E. Perkins, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago Hon. Israel A. Desierto, Circuit Court ofCook County, Chicago Hon. Nathaniel R. Howse, Jr., First District Appellate Court, Chicago Hon. Judith Rice, Circuit Court ofCook County, Chicago Hon. Neera Walsh, Circuit Court ofCook County, Chicago 1:30 – 1:35 p.m. Break (beverages provided) 1:35 – 2:35 p.m. Nuts and Bolts of Thriving as a Solo Practitioner Coordinated by the Black Women Lawyers Association, Puerto Rican Bar Association, and Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago Discover how to succeed as a solo practitioner, from how to start a firm to client acquisition and networking. You will learn tips on managing your firm, including case management, running the business of the firm, and marketing. Moderator: Skip Harsch, American Bar Association, Chicago Claudia Badillo, Badillo Law Group, Chicago Eileen Letts, Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP, Chicago Federico Rodriguez, Rodriguez Legal Group, LLC, Chicago 2:35 – 2:45 p.m. Break (refreshments provided) 2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Driver in Despair: The Decline of Chicago’s Taxi Industry Coordinated by the South Asian Bar Association Chicago’s taxi industry is on the verge of collapse. Due to regulations and competition from less-regulated transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft, taxi medallion values have plummeted to less than 1/12th of their pre-TNC value ($360,000 to $25,000). These plummeting values have left a large number of families (the majority of whom are immigrants) deep underwater on their loans. Eight drivers in New York have committed suicide in recent months due to these issues. Come and learn about legal efforts being used to defend the taxi industry. Bryant Greening, Legalrideshare, LLC, Chicago Furqan Mohammad, Mohammned, Shamaileh, Tabahi, LLC, Elmwood Park Lynn Preshad, Dreyfus Law Group, Chicago 3:45 – 3:55 p.m. Break 3:55 – 4:55 p.m. Voting Rights: A Discussion of the Disenfranchisement among Minorities Coordinated by the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois Over the past term, the Supreme Court has considered cases that will shape the future of partisan gerrymandering and redistricting under the 2020 Census while Congress and Illinois have struggled to deal with the fallout of Shelby County v. Holder and election laws that result in minority disenfranchisement. Panelists will discuss these developments as well as how lawyers are working to protect voting rights in Illinois and throughout the country. Moderator: Ryan Cortazar, Korein Tillery,Chicago Ami Gandhi , Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Chicago Stephen Stern, Law Office of Stephen Stern Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago Griselda Vega-Samuel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Chicago
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