Please note important CLE information about this program:

• Newly admitted New York attorneys (attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) cannot earn credit for this program.
• Experienced New York attorneys due to re-register on or after July 1, 2018 must earn one credit hour in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias. The rest of the Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias credits for this program can be used to meet the remainder of the 24 credit hour biennial requirement (except for the Ethics & Professionalism credit requirement).

This program will provide a morning plenary addressing the changing legal landscape in the wake of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements and a luncheon discussion around sexual harassment within the legal profession. In addition, break-out CLE sessions will cover:

 

• An Overview of Employer Best Practices for Investigating, Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Challenges and Strategies for Low-Wage and Immigrant Workers in Reporting Harassment
• #MeTooAcademia: Special Considerations When Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases on Campus
• Jurisdiction in Sexual Harassment: Where Criminal, Administrative, and Regulatory Remedies Intersect

Confirmed Panelists:
Danielle Alvarado, Urban Justice Center
Karin Bridbord, Organizational Environment Consultant, Karin Bridbord & Associates LLC
S. Jeanine Conley, Littler Mendelson PC
Daniela Contreras, National Domestic Workers Alliance 
Christin Damiano, City Bar Justice Center Anti-Harassment Project
Paula T. Edgar, President, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Jennifer Gaffney, Deputy Unit Chief, Sex Crimes Unit, New York County DA's Office
Carrie Goldberg, C.A. Goldberg Law, PLLC
Julie Goldscheid, Professor, CUNY School of Law
Andrea Johnson, National Women’s Law Center, Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund
Dahlia Lithwick, Journalist
Rebecca Nathanson, New York Department of Labor, Anti-Retaliation Unit
Hollis V. Pfitsch, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Commission on Human Rights
LaDonna Powell, Plaintiff in Allied Security Harassment Case
Keith Powers, New York City Council Member 
Susan Ritz, Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP
Hon. Laura Safer Espinoza, Executive Director, Fair Food Standards Council 
Elizabeth Saylor, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
Marrisa Senteno, National Domestic Workers Alliance 
Jennifer Siegel, Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP, Counsel in Doe v. Columbia
Andrea Stagg, Deputy General Counsel, Barnard College
Wendy Stryker, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Gillian Thomas, American Civil Liberties Union
Cristina Velez, Immigrant Defense Initiative Clinic, New York University
Electra Yourke, U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission
Christian West, Deloitte

Sponsoring Association Committee:
Sex & Law Committee, Mirah E. Curzer & Melissa S. Lee, Co-Chairs

Sponsored By:
Education & the Law Committee, Laura D. Barbieri, Chair 
Enhance Diversity in the Profession Committee, Kathy Hirata Chin and Hon. Rosalyn Richter, Co-Chairs
Labor & Employment Committee, Jyotin Hamid, Chair
Women in the Legal Profession Committee, Melissa Colon-Bosolet, Chair
City Bar Justice Center, Anti Harassment Project