August 24, 2019 • 921 Canal Street •New Orleans, LA
2019 Specialty Bars Conference
5.00 CLE Credit Hours (including Ethics, Professionalism, and Law Office Management)
Date: August 24, 2019
Registration: 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration Fee: $100
Schedule: 8:45 a.m. - 3:40 p.m.
CLE CREDIT HOURS: 5.0 CLE Credit Hours (including Ethics, Professionalism, and Law Office Management)
Registration Cancellation Policy:
All cancellations must be received in writing and sent to diversity@lsba.org. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted. Cancellations received in writing before August 9, 2019 will be fully refunded minus a $30.00 administrative fee. If written confirmation of cancellation is not received by August 9, 2019, no refunds or credits will be issued of any kind. Credits will be processed within two weeks of receipt of the cancellation request.
If you prefer not to register online,
please click here for the Specialty Bars Conference Attorney Registration Form. Submission instructions are on the form. If you are a Non-Attorney,
please click here for the Non-Attorney Registration Form.
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - Registration
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. -
Session One (1.0 Professionalism Credit Hour) The Difference Between Getting in and Staying In: Moving Toward Inclusion
10:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. - Networking Break
10:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. -
Session Two (1.0 Ethics Credit hour) Defending Disciplinary Action
- Yolanda Cezar, Screening Counsel, Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, Baton Rouge, LA
- Wiliam N. "Billy" King, Professional Programs Practice Assistance Counsel, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans, LA
- Richard P. Lemmler, Jr., Ethics Counsel, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans, LA
11:10 a.m. - 11:20 a.m. - Networking Break
11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. -
Session Three (1.0 General Credit hour) The Disproportionate Impact of Non-Unanimous Juries
12:20 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. -
Session Four (1.0 General Credit hour) Women's Personal and Professional Development - A Perspective from the Bench
2:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m. - Networking Break
2:40 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. -
Session Five (1.0 Law Office Management Credit hour) The Future of the Legal Profession: Making Strides with Technology
Session Two - Defending Disciplinary Action
Session Five - The Future if the Legal Profession: Making Strides with Technology