Past CLE Seminars

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All lawyers will eventually leave their current practice of law. A new career or job opportunity, retirement, or an unexpected emergency may lead to closing a practice. Win the lottery? Decide you want to spend more time on your art or open a bakery? This series will help you frame the issues.

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Attend this roundtable discussion of current bankruptcy issues. Topics to be covered include Chapter 13 and assumption or rejection of leases and executory contracts; issues related to high monthly installment car loans or leases in Chapter 13; pre-discharge issues; addressing changes in post filing, pre-confirmation disposable income for above median debtors; and bankruptcy ramifications of the decision in U.S. Bank, National Association v. Mamudi, 197 Conn. App 31.

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9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Learn how to address conflicts and potential conflicts of interest.

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12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Law firms do well at recruiting diverse candidates, but these candidates tend to leave before reaching partner level. This program will focus on what causes the break in diverse associates’ career trajectory within a firm and on common themes about why diverse associates leave firms. A panel of diverse partners from various law firms will provide suggestions for what law firms can do over the next few months to help with the retention of diverse talent and explore what can be done for long-term retention plans. All law firms, small or large, will gain valuable insight to help their goals for retention of diverse candidates.

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9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Learn what you need to know about IOLTA compliance from experienced professionals in this two-day seminar.

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5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Our panel convenes following the 30th anniversary of the release of arguably one of the most seminal cases in Connecticut appellate jurisprudence, State v. Golding, 213 Conn. 233 (1989). Criminal defendants frequently rely on this method of reviewing previously unpreserved constitutional claims on appeal. Our panelists will discuss the evolution of Golding review over the past 30 years, including the recent modification of the rule in In re Yasiel R. in 2015. We will discuss views of the effectiveness of Golding review in raising unpreserved constitutional challenges in the criminal context as well as its proper use and most effective ways to utilize Golding review.

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9:00 AM to 12:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This seminar will provide the step-by-step process to obtain permanent residency for family-based petitions in the United States and through consular processing.

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9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This summit focused on issues regarding retention of diverse attorneys in organizations. Specifically, the summit featured presentations emphasizing the business case for diversity and the need for organizational changes to promote an inclusive environment, as well as strategies to build and foster meaningful mentor-mentee relationships. The summit also provided the statistics of the CBA Pledge and Plan signatory organizations.

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12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This program will feature land use attorneys, including two law professors, discussing how the structure of land use decision-making in Connecticut can impede policies and decisions that promote racial and economic equity, with a focus on several types of exclusionary zoning regulations; and current efforts to revise state zoning laws to promote desegregation.

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Join us for the third annual Connecticut Bankruptcy Conference featuring coverage of the Connecticut Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

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9:00 AM to 10:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Learn about drafting effective engagement letters.

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3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This panel will feature legal and education scholars who study inequities in primary and secondary educational systems, how school districts are organized and funded, and how inequities manifest in differential school funding, resources, and outcomes.

Virtual Conference
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

The Connecticut Legal Conference is the CBA’s largest event, with over 40 top-rate practical programs, sponsors and exhibitors, and compelling plenary speakers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year's conference will be held virtually. The safety of attendees is of the utmost importance to the CBA.

Virtual Conference
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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The Connecticut Legal Conference is the CBA’s largest event, with over 40 top-rate practical programs, sponsors and exhibitors, and compelling plenary speakers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this year's conference will be held virtually. The safety of attendees is of the utmost importance to the CBA.

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5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This 90-minute seminar draws on the experiences of legal academics, elected officials, and political observers to explain how certain fundamentals of our democracy are used to disenfranchise citizens – limiting who has political power, who exercises the right to vote, and who has a voice in our government institutions – on the basis of race. The seminar will explore the systems that perpetuate racial inequality in voting rights and political access: the history and dangerous effects of “gerrymandering”; the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was enacted to help achieve racial equality and representation; and how voter restriction and intimidation efforts accomplish racial disparities in the exercise of voting rights. The programming will look at historical patterns and trends, and how systemic racism impacts voting rights and political access on the national stage and in Connecticut.

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2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This 90-minute seminar uses maps, original photographs, and oral histories to explain how 100 years of discriminatory land use and development policy built and maintains our segregated state. The seminar will also examine the lasting effect these policies have on housing choice and the lives of people of color, particularly lower income Black and Latino families, who have few options to move to areas with high performing schools and safe neighborhoods. The programming is Connecticut-specific and demonstrates how national level policy and funding continue to influence local development and the lives of Connecticut residents.

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10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This seminar will provide practitioners with practical guidance to new regulations governing Title IX issued by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education and provide background on the development of the regulations, which become effective on August 14, 2020. This seminar will also provide perspectives on how the new regulations will have an impact on institutional representations as well as the representation of students and faculty when submitting complaints to or accused by their institutions.