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Thursday, September 8
| 6 - 7:30 p.m. | Opening Reception* |
Friday, September 9
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9 - 9:10 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:10 - 10:20 a.m. | Education Law - Public accommodations for transgender students; challenges to school disciplinary policies; and student free speech rights |
| Panelists: George Castrataro, Law Offices of George Castrataro, P.A. Stephanie Langer, Langer Law, P.A. Benjamin Stevenson, ACLU of Florida |
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| CLE credit: 1.5 Hours General | |
| 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | Right to counsel for juveniles and adults |
| Panelists: Louis Reidenberg, Attorney, Boca Raton, FL Gordon Weekes, Jr., Law Office of the Public Defender (Broward County) |
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| CLE credit: .5 Hours General/0.5. Ethics | |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Eleventh Circuit Update |
| Panelist: Prof. Michael Masinter, Nova Southeastern Univ. Shepard Broad Law Center |
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| CLE credit: 1.0 Hour General | |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Keynote Luncheon, Steven Shapiro’s Supreme Court Review |
| Panelist: Steven Shapiro, National Legal Director, ACLU of Florida | |
| CLE credit: 1.0 General | |
| 1:40 - 2:30 p.m. | Impact of race, gender and class in civil rights litigation |
| Panelists: Prof. JoNel Newman, University of Miami School of Law Prof. Donald Jones, University of Miami School of Law |
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| CLE credit: 0.5 General/0.5 Ethics | |
| 2:40 – 3:30 p.m. | Developing new legal theories for discrimination cases |
| Panelists: Cassandra Capobianco, Florida Institutional Legal Services Project of FLS Jeffrey Hearne, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. Prof. Osamudia James, University of Miami School of Law |
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| CLE credit: 1.0 Hour General | |
| 3:40 - 4:30 p.m. | Advancing criminal justice reform through litigation and public policy |
| Panelists: Roseanne Eckert, Florida Juvenile Resentencing and Review Project Adam Tebrugge, ACLU of Florida |
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| CLE credit: 1.0 Hour General | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. | Awards Reception* |
| Honorees: Stephen Rosenthal, Podhurst Orseck, P.A. Florida Justice Institute, Inc. Andrea Mogensen, Law Office of Andrea Flynn Mogensen, P.A. |
Saturday, September 10
| 8 - 9 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:30 - 10:20 a.m. | 2016 Election—Recent Florida redistricting cases and new forms of voter suppression** |
| Panelists: Thomas Zehdner, King, Blackwell, Zehnder & Wermuth, P.A. Martha Pardo, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Inc. |
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| CLE credit: 1.0 General | |
| 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Costs in Pro Bono cases |
| Panelist: Randall Berg, Florida Justice Institute Sui Chung, Immigration Law & Litigation Group |
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| CLE credit: 1.0 Ethics | |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Discovery and E-filing – updated rules |
| Panelist: Michael Barfield, Paralegal, Law Office of Andrea Flynn Mogensen, P.A. |
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| CLE credit: 0.5 Hour Ethics |
*Open bar
**Continental breakfast provided
CLE approval for up to 9.0 General credit hours, including 2.5 Ethics hours.
CLE approval for up to 9.0 Civil Trial Certification Credits.