Presented by CUNY Law School's Center on Latino and Latina Rights and Equality, this event will feature a discussion with several distinguished members of the legal profession and activists concerning current and future social justice lawyering strategies. CLE Credit available.

Advance Registration Required. Seating limited. For additional information and to register for this event call Maggie Ruperto 718-340-4528 or email [email protected].

Panel 1: Public Interest Lawyering Challenges and Successes
5:15pm - 6:30pm
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Panel 2: Recent Litigation and Policy Strategies
6:40pm - 7:55pm
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Featured Panelists: Jane S. Bock, Homeless Rights Project, Legal Aid Society; Juan Cartagena, Esq., President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF; Francisco Dueñas, Proyecto Igualdad Coordinator, Lambda Legal; David Galarza, Communications Specialist, CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME; Jessica Gonzalez (via Skype), Vice President, Policy & Legal Affairs, National Hispanic Media Coalition; Jay L. Himes, Partner, Labaton Sucharow LLP; Roberto Lebron, Assistant New York State Attorney General, Harlem Office; Yumari L. Martinez, Associate Director, Center on Youth Justice, Vera Institute of Justice; Laura M. Miranda, Criminal Defense Lawyer; Mark T. Morodomi, Supervising Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Oakland, California; Silda Palerm, Executive Vice President and Legal Director, Legal Momentu; Dave Palmer, Executive Director, Center for Working Families; Lewis O. Papenfuse, Co-Executive Director, Worker Justice Center of New York; Myrna Perez, Senior Counsel, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF; Michael Scurato, Policy Counsel, National Hispanic Media Coalition; Edwin Vega, Esq., Legal Aid Society Community Law Offices, East Harlem; Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights.

Please note, our CLE Seminars are appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

Under Continuing Legal Education regulations, CLE credit will be offered only to those attorneys completing entire sessions; attorneys attending only part of a session are not eligible for partial credit for a session. Attorneys arriving late are welcome to attend the program but will not be eligible for CLE credit. Attorneys wishing to receive CLE credit must sign the program's attendance register prior to and following the CLE program; once a speaker begins the program, the sign-in sheets will be removed. Similarly, attorneys leaving the session early are also ineligible for CLE credit. While in NYS 50 minutes of CLE training provides 1 hour of credit, all CLEs sponsored by CUNY School of law run a full 60 minutes, not including introductory remarks or breaks, but including question and answer periods.