5th Annual Diversity Summit

When:  Feb 17, 2015 from 02:30 PM to 06:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  Diversity Standing Committee

 

The New Jersey State Bar Association presents the 2015 Diversity Summit

Earn 1.8 CLE credits!

 

Tuesday, February 17 

2:30 p.m. Program
5 p.m. Reception

 

$15 per person

 

Speaker:
Mark Curriden
 
Contempt of Court: A Lynching and Two Lawyers Made Legal History and Forever Changed the Practice of Law
 
Join us for a discussion of how a lynching case changed the practice of law. 
 
Award-winning author and journalist Mark Curriden shares the story of a Supreme Court case that shaped the legal profession, created the modern day habeas corpus practice and provided the legal profession with two heroes whose commitment to law, justice and their clients should be heralded. The case involved a young black man falsely accused of rape who was railroaded through the justice system, two African-American lawyers who helped him, and the first successful federal habeas corpus action in a state criminal case, claiming that their client’s rights to due process and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution had been violated.
 
The day will also feature an update on the New Jersey State Bar Association's Strategic Diversity Plan and an opportunity to network with colleagues at a reception.

 

Sponsored by
McCarter & English LLP
NJ Sharing Network

 
Co-Sponsored by
The New Jersey State Bar Association's
Government and Public Sector Lawyers Committee
Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Rights Section
Minorities in the Profession Section
Women in the Profession Section
Young Lawyers Division
 
as well as
 
Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey
Association of Portuguese Speaking Attorneys
Garden State Bar Association
Haitian American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
Korean American Association of New Jersey
New Jersey Defense Association
New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey

 

NJ CLE: 1.8 general credits (50 minute credit hour)
NY CLE: (Transitional and Non-Transitional): 1.5 professional practice credit
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credit pending ($4 check payable to NJICLE)

Location

1 Constitution Sq.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901