Join us in New Orleans on February 2 & 3, 2023!
The Civil Rights Étouffée is excited to announce that we will be back live and in-person in New Orleans in 2023.
Click for information on our panels, hotel rooms, co-sponsors, and eligible states for CLE.
THURSDAY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED BUT FRIDAY ONLY IS AVAILABLE UNTIL 8PM EST / 7PM CST on February 2, 2023
To join our mailing list or for more information, please email us at “FBA Civil Rights Law at gmail dot com” (no spaces)
Just a look at the past Civil Rights Étouffée conferences will convince you this opportunity is not to be missed.
2021 Civil Rights Étouffée on the ‘Net
2019 Civil Rights Étouffée in New Orleans
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.






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
DATE |
TIME |
PANEL |
PRESENTERS |
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 |
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 |
|
2:45pm ET |
Back to the Future: Artificial Intelligence & Civil Rights |
Phil Mayor, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan |
|
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 |
Jan 29 |
12:00pm ET |
Making It Right: Vulnerable Kids, Education and COVID-19 |
Margie Wakelin, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center |
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 |
|
4:00pm ET |
KEYNOTE: Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Obfuscation: |
Shankar Duraiswamy, Covington & Burling |