12th Annual Minority Bar Conference - Part 1
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Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association, Asian American Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Chinese American Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Korean American Bar Association, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Muslim Bar Association of Chicago, South Asian Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
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Presented by the Illinois State Bar Association, Asian American Bar Association, Black Women Lawyers’ Association, Chinese American Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association, Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago, Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Korean American Bar Association, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association, Muslim Bar Association of Chicago, South Asian Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
4.0 hours MCLE credit, including 4.0 hours Professional Responsibility MCLE credit in the following categories:
- 3.0 hours Diversity & Inclusion MCLE credit
- 1.0 hour Mental Health & Substance Abuse MCLE credit
Original Program Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Accreditation Expiration Date: January 27, 2027(You must certify completion and save your certificate before this date to get MCLE credit)
A special thanks to Locke
Lord LLP, Diversity Scholarship Foundation, and City Wide Title
Corporation for making this opportunity available with their financial
contributions.
The 12th Annual Minority Bar CLE
Conference is back, allowing you to earn CLE credit while staying up to date on
important issues that may impact you and your clients. Topics include:
- The importance of addressing cultural competency in the legal profession;
- How to address trauma experienced by your client (or yourself);
- The consequences of never saying no or setting boundaries;
- The recent shifts in DEI and how this has impacted minority professionals;
- How law firms and in-house counsel are impacted by the Society of Human Resource Management’s decision to remove the “E” from “DEI”;
- The civil rights careers that are available at both the state and local government levels; and
- Much more.
Jaz Park, Attorney at Law, Chicago
Alana De Leon, Attorney at Law, Chicago
Welcome and Introduction
Hon. Jesse G. Reyes, Illinois Appellate Court First District, Chicago
Raising and Addressing Cultural Competency: A Judicial Panel Presentation
Coordinated by the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois, Chinese American Bar Association, and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
(1.0 hour Diversity & Inclusion credit*)
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from our panel of judges as they discuss the importance of addressing cultural competency in the legal profession and offer best practice tips to attorneys to raise potential concerns in court to judges, practitioners, and juries. Listen as the speakers use hypothetical scenarios to show how cultural competency can impact an individual’s experience in the court system, trauma and justice.
Moderators: Alana M. De Leon, Law Office of Alana M. De Leon, Riverside
Hon. Jamie G. Dickler, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago
Hon. David R. Navarro, Illinois Appellate Court First District, Chicago
Hon. Rouhy J. Shalabi, Circuit Court of Cook County, Maybrook
Mental Health: Trauma-Informed Lawyering
Coordinated by the South Asian Bar Association
(1.0 hour Mental Health & Substance Abuse credit*)
Learn how to help practitioners address trauma experienced by their client (or themselves) with this informative presentation. Topics include: recognizing that becoming “trauma-informed” starts with you; the consequences of never saying no or setting boundaries; how to offer service without sacrifice; healing sexual harm through restorative justice; Dr. Gokhani’s 3-Brain Optimization; addressing PTSD, trauma, and brain fog; and the importance of sleep regulation.
Moderator: Neha Khandhadia, Goldstein & McClintock LLLP, Chicago
Dr. Trupti Gokani, MD, Three Brain Coach, Glenview
Navigating the In-House Counsel Landscape Post-DEI/DEI Under Attack
Coordinated by the Asian American Bar Association and Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
(1.0 hour Diversity & Inclusion credit*)
Join us for an in-depth look at the current shifts in DEI and how this has impacted minority professionals, as well as the recent decision by the Society of Human Resources Management to remove the “E” from “DEI.” Additional topics include: strategies for addressing the vacillations in commitment levels from companies, firms, and organizations; how changing “DEI” to “DI” may impact law firms and in-house spaces (and whether there has been a move away from internal ERG groups); and much more.
Moderator: Jaz Park, Attorney at Law, Chicago
Nicholas Cummings, Principal Corporate Counsel, Microsoft, Chicago
Mahrukh Hussain, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, United Natural Foods, Inc., Oak Brook
Monica H. Khetarpal, Jackson Lewis, Chicago
Civil Rights Law and Minority Attorneys
Coordinated by the Korean American Bar Association
(1.0 hour Diversity & Inclusion credit*)
This comprehensive overview explores the various civil rights careers found in both state and local government, and offers an inside look at each panelist’s role in their respective positions – from how they advanced throughout their career, the mission and purpose of the government agencies they represent, and the populace served under their governing statute/ordinance, to the typical cases they litigate or review, and the issues they see emerging in this area of law. A discussion on the issues each speaker has faced as a minority throughout their employment history is included.
Moderator: Hon. Azeema Akram, Administrative Law Judge, Illinois Human Rights Commission, Chicago
Alison Hill, Supervising Attorney, Civil Rights Bureau, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, Chicago
Bonnie Kim, Deputy General Counsel, Illinois Human Rights Commission
Tamiya Wright, Legal Counsel, Cook County Department of Human Rights & Ethics, Chicago
Pricing Information
- Please Note: You must attend the entire program in order to earn MCLE credit for this seminar.
- ISBA sponsoring section members get a $10 registration discount (which is automatically calculated in your cart when you log in to register).
- Fees:
- ISBA Member Price of $140 is displayed below when you login and program is eligible for Free CLE member benefit.
- Non-Member Price $280
- New Attorney Member (within the first five years of practice) - $25
- Law Students – Free
The 2025 first place winner of the Lincoln Award Legal Writing Contest is Joshua L. Gablin, a solo attorney from Chicago, who wrote “Prompt Service.” Joshua's article will appear in the February issue of the Illinois Bar Journal.