Crown Act Update – Latest Law in N.J. and N.Y., and What the New PA Crown Act Means for Your Practice
Date: Jul 9, 2026 12:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $99.00
Non-Member Price: $125.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Diversity, Equity Jurisprudence
Earn up to 2 credits, including 2.0 in Diversity! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Tracy Sanders Rucker, Esq.
- Founder, Natural Hair and the Law, Los Angeles
Tracy Sanders, Esq., the Founder of Natural Hair and the Law, will lead a discussion on updates to the law, legal opinions and best practices surrounding the “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act.”
This seminar will provide CROWN Act updates, including:
- The new Pennsylvania CROWN Act
- Natural hair braiders and economic liberty – do hair braiders have a constitutional right to work without a cosmetology license
- Ancestral braiding as a protected expression of cultural and religious identity
- Law against discrimination – an update on state and federal jurisdiction statutes that prohibit hair texture discrimination in employment and education settings
Learning Objectives:
- CROWN Act Updates - Focus on new PA CROWN Act
- Analyze constitutional law principles like economic liberty and due process arguments in cosmetology licensing challenges by natural hair braiders.
- Examine how the CROWN Act statute protections operate alongside state cosmetology codes.
- Discuss natural hair braiding as both a cultural and religious expression in Black and Indigenous American communities
- Legal compliance guidance for employers, administrative agencies, and state cosmetology licensing boards.
- Provide public policy solutions to eliminate bias
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