DEI Conference 2024
Date: Oct 7, 2024 5:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick and Online
Member Price: $152.00
Non-Member Price: $190.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Diversity
Earn up to 3 credits, including 3.0 in Diversity! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Stephanie Wilson, Esq.
- Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section
Reed Smith, LLP, Princeton
Presenters
- Leonard V. Jones, Esq.
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Newarkis a civil litigation attorney and associate with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney P.C. in Newark, New Jersey, and New York City, where he focuses his practice in complex civil and employment litigation, including representing individual, business and public entity clients in state and federal courts. He has also served as an Assistant Prosecutor with the Union County Prosecutor's Office, prosecuting cases involving narcotics, violent crimes and economic crimes.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Mr. Jones was appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to a four-year term as a Member of the District XII Fee Arbitration Committee and is a member of the New Jersey State, Garden State and Union County Bar Associations. He is a member of several sections and committees of the New Jersey State Bar Association, including the Diversity Committee, Minorities in the Profession Section, Civil Trial Bar Section and Federal Practice and Procedure Section, as well as the Young Lawyers Division. He is also a member of the Union County Bar Association Diversity, Inclusion & the Elimination of Bias Committee and the Program Committee of the Sidney Reitman American Inn of Court.
Mr. Jones received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Seton Hall University, his Masters in Public Administration from Seton Hal University and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law, where he was the recipient of the Eagleton Institute of Politics Governor’s Executive Fellowship. He clerked for the Honorable James P. Wilson, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Division, Union Vicinage.
(8/23) - Clifford D. Dawkins, Esq.
- Dean & Director, Minority Student Program (MSP), Rutgers Law School
- Lora L. Fong, Esq.
- Assistant Attorney General & Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Office of Attorney General, Trenton - Alan York, Esq.
- Global Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Reed Smith, LLP, Houston - Paulette Brown, Esq.
- Past President, American Bar Association & National Bar Association
Past Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section - Lisa Manshel, Esq.
- Former Chair, Labor & Employment Law Section
Manshel Law LLC, Florham Parkis a Member of Manshel Law, LLC in Florham Park, New Jersey. She concentrates her practice in the representation of individuals in employment and civil rights claims, including workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, First Amendment and other issues.
Ms. Manshel is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. She is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and Past Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She has lectured and published on employment law and civil rights issues.
Ms. Manshel received her B.A. from Harvard University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. - Beth P. Zoller, Esq.
- KSBranigan Law P.C., Montclair
- Ron McCormick, Esq.
- Chief Assistant Prosecutor, Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, Hackensack
Sponsored by the NJSBA Labor and Employment Law Section, in cooperation with the NJSBA’s Minorities in the Profession Section, Diversity Committee and the Young Lawyers Division
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action last year left many involved with diversity, equity and inclusion programs wondering what would come next. Since the ruling, DEI advocates have seen a nationwide backlash using the decision to target non-discrimination training and DEI programs across a variety of sectors.
Our distinguished panel will take stock of impacts felt in higher education, corporate America, law firms and government organizations. The panel will explore other legal actions that have been filed, decisions that provide additional guideposts and efforts that have withstood challenges. The discussion will also feature action items and practical tips for anyone who believes the principles of DEI should remain resonant in workplace culture.
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