Webcast- The NJSBA Symposium on Race and the Law -What We Can Do Together to Effect Change

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Date:

August 20, 2020

Time:

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET

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Tuition - NJSBA Members:

NJSBA Member Rate: $25

NJSBA Section Member Rate: $25

General Tuition:

General Tuition: $25

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Tuition - NJSBA Members:

NJSBA Member Rate: $25

NJSBA Section Member Rate: $25

General Tuition:

General Tuition: $25

Live Webcast
All webcasts will use the Zoom meetings platform - you can prepare for the webcast by downloading the Zoom meetings app.

Live CLE Credit Requirement Suspended
Effective immediately, the New Jersey Supreme Court has suspended the live credit requirement for continuing legal education credits. Until further notice from the Court, all twenty-four credit hours for the compliance period may be fulfilled via live webcasts, webinars and other alternative verifiable formats

Presented in Cooperation with:

• NJSBA CLE Advisory Committee
• NJSBA Diversity Committee
• NJSBA LGBT Rights Section
• NJSBA Minorities in the Profession Section
• NJSBA Women in the Profession Section
• Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
• Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey
• Essex County Bar Foundation
• Garden State Bar Association
• Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
• Middlesex County Bar Association Board for the Advancement of Racial Equity & Social Justice
• New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association
• New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
• South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey

Featuring a Special Presentation by:

Kevin D. Richardson
Member of the Exonerated Central Park 5

Conference Organizers:

Raymond M. Brown, Esq.
Scarinci Hollenbeck, Cedar Grove

Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq.
Chair, NJSBA CLE Advisory Committee
Fiorello Puccio & Fiorello, LLC, Wayne

CJ Griffin, Esq.
Director, Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Hackensack

James Alexander Lewis, V, Esq.
Co-Chair, NJSBA Diversity Committee
Pennington Law Group, South Orange

Kenyatta Stewart, Esq.
Corporation Counsel
City of Newark

Maria P. Vallejo, Esq.
Co-Chair, NJSBA Diversity Committee
Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, Secaucus

Introduction by:
Kimbery A. Yonta, Esq. NJSBA President Yonta Law, LLC, New Brunswick

Moderator/Speaker:
Raymond M. Brown, Esq. Scarinci Hollenbeck, Cedar Grove
Speakers include:
Justice Gary S. Stein (Ret.) Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, PC, Hackensack
Hon. Glenn A. Grant, JAD JAD Acting Administrative Director of the Courts
Hon. Hany Mawla, JAD Westmont
Hon. Victoria Pratt Former Chief Judge, Newark Municipal Court
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal
Wanda M. Akin, Esq. Wanda M. Akin & Associates, Attorneys at Law, Newark
Colonel Patrick J. Callahan Superintendent, New Jersey State Police
Linda Carter, Esq. Director, Paralegal Studies Program, Essex County College
Carolyn V. Chang, Esq. Past President, The Association of Black Women Lawyers – New Jersey Law Office of Carolyn Chang, Mt. Holly
Melinda Colón Cox, Esq. Parker Ibrahim & Berg, Somerset
Clifford D. Dawkins, Jr., Esq. Sills Cummis & Gross, PC, Newark
Monica De Los Rios, Esq. Casino Investment Redevelopment Authority
Michellene Davis, Esq. Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer RWJBarnabas Health
John J. Farmer, Jr. Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics University Professor of Law Justice Alan B. Handler Scholar Director, Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience Rutgers University
Lora L. Fong, Esq. Assistant Attorney General & Chief Diversity Officer Office of the Attorney General New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety
Linda Foster, Esq. Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark
Dara Govan, Esq. Assistant U.S. Attorney United States Attorney's Office
CJ Griffin, Esq. Director, Justice Gary S. Stein Public Interest Center Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C., Hackensack
Larry Hamm Founder and Chairman People’s Organization for Progress
Angela J. Hattery Co-Author "Policing Black Bodies"
Tracey C. Hinson, Esq. Hinson Snipes, LLP, Princeton
W. Lois Kahagi, Esq. W. Lois Kahagi Family Law, Metuchen
James Alexander Lewis, V, Esq. Pennington Law Group, South Orange
Julien X. Neals, Esq. County Counsel, County of Bergen
Brian Neary, Esq. Law Offices of Brian J. Neary, Jersey City
Ramon E. Rivera, Esq. Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC, Lyndhurst
Maritza Rodriguez, Esq. Rodriguez Family Law, Newark, New Brunswick
Reema Sethi Kareer, Esq. Assistant Prosecutor, Morris County Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, Morristown
Amol Sinha, Esq. Executive Director, ACLU-NJ
Earl Smith Co-Author "Policing Black Bodies"
Kenyatta Stewart, Esq. Corporation Counsel City of Newark
Kabili Tayari Director, Economic and Industrial Development City of Jersey City
Maria P. Vallejo, Esq. Co-Chair, NJSBA Diversity Committee Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, Secaucus
Kevin G. Walsh, Esq. President, Essex County Bar Association Gibbons, PC, Newark
Junius Williams, Esq Historian, City of Newark

About The Program:

From our largest city streets to our suburban cul-de-sacs, from professional sports organizations to corporate America, a rallying cry for the eradication of systemic racism is resounding. But with the time ripe for meaningful action, what can lawyers do? Whose stories do we need to hear? What examples should be followed? How can we encourage those who don’t see the problem to participate in finding a solution?

Join the New Jersey State Bar Association Aug. 20 for a daylong, wide-ranging exchange of ideas in which we examine these questions and propose some concrete solutions that each of us can work on to try to bring about change.

The conversation will be guided by Raymond M. Brown, the renowned human rights and criminal defense attorney. The day will kick off with Ray’s thought-provoking interview of Kevin Richardson of the "Exonerated Five." At the age of 14, Richardson was among a group of Black and Latino boys falsely charged with attacking a woman in Central Park. He was wrongfully incarcerated for seven years. His personal story and positive message brings new light to the power of criminal justice reform.

The day will continue with topic-specific panels that will delve into timely subjects like police conduct and jury selection and will include an effort to raise all of our awareness of places where race bias lurks undetected even by those of goodwill. The day will end with a look -- and a path -- forward.

This symposium is not a lecture or a presentation, but an interactive exchange of ideas. Share your vision with us as we find a way forward together. Whether you are a seasoned warrior for social justice or someone more recently inspired by the anti-racism movement, you will find inspiration and solutions at the NJSBA Symposium on Race and the Law. Be part of the conversation. Register today!

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Preliminary Agenda:

9:00	Welcome and Introduction of Raymond M. Brown, Esq. Description of the Commission. -- Kimberly A. Yonta, Esq.
9:05	Introduction of the Program – Raymond M. Brown, Esq
9:10	Interview with Kevin D. Richardson – “When They See Us”
10:10	Panel Presentation- Police Conduct and the Criminal Justice System
11:15	Break
11:25	Personal Story
11:30	Panel Presentation- Jury Selection
12:35	Luncheon
12:45	Personal Story
12:50	Panel - Fostering Diversity and Combating Bias in the Legal Profession
1:55	Panel - Today’s Social Justice Movements or Counter Movements
3:00	Focus Group - Guidance from the Griots - Wise Person Wrap Up
4:00	Adjourn

Program Sponsors:

• Newport Associates Development Company
• Investors Bank
• Argentino Fiore Law & Advocacy, LLC
• Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.
• Brian J. Neary Law Offices
• Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC
• Cullen and Dykman LLP
• Fortune Title Agency
• Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wilkstrom & Sinins, P.C.
• Lawrence Law
• McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, PC
• O’Toole Scrivo, LLC
• Rebenack Aronow Mascolo, LLP
• Schenck, Price, Smith, & King, LLP
• Walsh Pizzi O'Reilly Falanda LLP
• Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.

CLE Credits:

NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.8 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1,2 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.

NJ CLE:	This program has been approved for 4.8 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.2 ethics/professionalism.
PA CLE:	3.0 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($16 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt):	3.5 professional practice and 1.0 diversity and inclusion credits

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