The Civil Rights Étouffée Returns to New Orleans
February 18 – 19, 2027
Join us in New Orleans for two full days of CLE programming geared to civil rights counsel and attorneys.
If you love New Orleans, you’ll love the Étouffée.
Both days are full-day programs with six panels and a lunchtime concert planned for each day.
The Étouffée is hosted in the French Quarter at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s George & Joyce Wein School of Music.
Panels
Hotels
Blocks of rooms have been reserved at these two hotels for special Étouffée rates:
Hilton Homewood Suites
$169/night
317 N Rampart St
New Orleans, LA 70112
Bourbon Orleans
$185/night
717 Orleans St
New Orleans, LA 70116
Join our mailing list for updates, email us at “Civil Rights Etouffee at gmail dot com” (no spaces)
Just a look at the past Civil Rights Étouffée conferences that will convince you attending the Étouffée is an opportunity not to be missed.
2026 Civil Rights Étouffée On The Road in Atlanta
2025 Civil Rights Étouffée in New Orleans
2023 Civil Rights Étouffée in NOLA & on the ‘Net
2018 Civil Rights Étouffée On the Road
In 2018, we kicked off the “Étouffée On The Road” Civil Rights CLE Series!
We hosted events in Detroit, Salt Lake City, New York City and Boston!
If you’d like to bring a Civil Rights “Étouffée On The Road” to your local jurisdiction, let us know and we will make it a reality!
Email “FBA Civil Rights Law at gmail dot com” (no spaces) to get started.
The Inaugural 2017 Civil Rights Étouffée in New Orleans
Register Today. $150 for 8 hours of CLE Credit • $75 for FBA Members
For more information:
Free for Members of the Sponsoring FBA Sections and Chapters. www.EtouffeeLaw.com $10 for Public Interest, Non-Profit/Gov’t Lawyers & Law Students
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DATE |
TIME |
PANEL |
PRESENTERS |
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Jan 28 |
12:00pm ET |
Enhancing Justice: Ethically Reducing Bias in Policing and the Courts |
Hon. Bernice Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Col. Heston Silbert, Director, Arizona Department of Public Safety MODERATOR: Wylie Stecklow, FBA Civil Rights Section |
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1:15pm ET |
When Exceptions Become the Rule: LGBTQ Rights and Religious Exemptions |
Camilla Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation, Lambda Legal Chris Lund, Professor of Law, Wayne State University |
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2:45pm ET |
Back to the Future: Artificial Intelligence & Civil Rights |
Phil Mayor, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan |
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4:00pm ET |
KEYNOTE: How to Ethically Navigate Social Media When Your Case is in the Headlines |
Joseph Bondy, The Law Offices of Joseph A. Bondy, Counsel for Lev Parnas, Creator of #LetLevSpeak |
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Jan 29 |
12:00pm ET |
Making It Right: Vulnerable Kids, Education and COVID-19 |
Margie Wakelin, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center |
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1:15pm ET |
Title IX in the Era of #metoo |
Mica McKinney, General Counsel, Utah State University Ann Olivarius, McAllister Olivarius |
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2:45pm ET |
What is Environmental Justice? |
Rebecca Bratspies, Founding Director, Center for Urban Environmental Reform and Professor of Law, CUNY |
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4:00pm ET |
KEYNOTE: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Obfuscation: |
Shankar Duraiswamy, Covington & Burling |