B02

June 13, 2025

10:15 AM to 12:15 PM

DE&I Track

Presented by the DE&I Committee

About the Program

This program will feature stories of three legal professionals from underrepresented backgrounds. One critique of DE&I work is that it can be academic, in other words, disconnected from those it is intended to benefit. Storytelling is one way to rehumanize DE&I work and to direct initiatives based on needs anecdotally identified, rather than through academic or statistical means.

You Will Learn

About the importance of DE&I work amongst an emerging counter-narrative that DE&I work is no longer necessary
About issues for DE&I professionals to focus on or add to current initiatives

Who Should Attend

All legal professionals.

Credit

CT: 2.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)

Speakers

Fineman Beck1 Beck S. Fineman
Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport

KMF headshot1 Kathy Flaherty
Connecticut Legal Rights Project Inc., Middletown

Kimberly Jacobsen1 Kimberly A. Jacobsen
Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, Hartford

Moderator

Mallori Thompson1 Mallori D. Thompson
Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford




C03

June 13, 2025

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

DE&I Track

Presented by the DE&I Committee

About the Program

During this program, the speakers will define these terms, discuss the utility of these terms, and engage in a dialogue about why DE&I work in the legal profession is necessary to maintaining the rule of law.

You Will Learn

Why DE&I is still meaningful work, and more specifically why it is work vital to the legal profession

Who Should Attend

All legal professionals.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credits (Ethics)

Speakers

T. Brown Headshot1 Troy Brown
Connecticut Judicial Branch, Hartford

Eboni Nelson Eboni S. Nelson
UConn School of Law, Hartford

Asker Saeed1 Asker A. Saeed
KPPB Law, New Haven

Moderator

Morgan Clark1 Morgan Clark
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford




D03

June 13, 2025

3:45 PM to 5:15 PM

DE&I Track

Presented by the DE&I Committee

About the Program

This program will cover the developments in transgender rights under Title IX and other discrimination statutes. The speakers will focus their conversation on the recent order in Soule et al. v. Connecticut Association of Schools et al., No. 20-cv-00201-RNC (Nov. 5, 2024), as well as other cases challenging transgender rights.

You Will Learn

About the current state of transgender rights under federal law, as well as ongoing efforts to protect transgender rights

Who Should Attend

Professionals in public health, education, employment, and civil rights law, as well as anyone interested in transgender rights.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credits (Ethics)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credits (D&I)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for experienced attorney CLE credits.

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.

Speakers

Dan Barrett1 Dan Barrett
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Connecticut, Hartford

Kevin Barry1 Kevin Barry
Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden

Elijah Nicholas1 Dr. Elijah Nicholas
Dr. Elijah Nicholas LLC, Atlanta, GA

Moderator

Audrey Blondin1 Audrey B. Blondin
Blondin Law Office LLC, Torrington