Join us and your colleagues at the 2026 Connecticut Legal Conference on June 2, 2026, at the Connecticut Convention Center. More information coming soon.
About the Event
The Connecticut Legal Conference (CLC) is the CBA’s preeminent event comprised of dozens of engaging CLE seminars covering a diverse range of topics in state and federal law. The day also includes an exhibitor showcase featuring a variety of companies and organizations and the CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon, which features prestigious Connecticut-based and national speakers as well as the installation of the CBA executive committee officers for the approaching bar year.
Featured National Speaker
Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Prior to assuming this position he was the founding dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and a professor at Duke Law School, University of Southern California Law School, and DePaul Law School. He is the author of 21 books and over 200 law review articles. His most recent major book, Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times, was published in January 2026. He frequently argues appellate cases, including in the United States Supreme Court. In 2022, he was the President of the Association of American Law Schools.
Featured Speakers
Justice Steven D. Ecker was appointed to the Superior Court bench by Governor Dannel P. Malloy in 2014. He was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 3, 2018. Justice Ecker began practicing law with the New Haven firm Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., where he worked from 1988 to 1994. Between 1994 and 2014, he practiced in Hartford with Cowdery, Ecker & Murphy, L.L.C. Justice Ecker’s private practice consisted primarily of civil litigation in trial and appellate courts, both state and federal. His cases covered a broad range of subject areas, including personal injury and business torts, constitutional law, professional ethics and discipline, family law, commercial law, and employment law. Clients included individuals, business entities, municipalities, public officials, and lawyers and law firms.
Michael J. Wishnie is William O. Douglas Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where he has also served as Counselor to the Dean and Deputy Dean for Experiential Education. Prof. Wishnie has taught in the Worker & Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, Veterans Legal Services Clinic, and Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic. His teaching, scholarship, and practice have focused on immigration, labor and employment, veterans law, habeas corpus, civil rights, and voting rights. Previously, Professor Wishnie taught at NYU School of Law and worked at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn, NY, and as a law clerk to Judge H. Lee Sarokin of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the Third Circuit and Justices Harry A. Blackmun, ret., and Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court.