Lashing Back: Ending the Undeclared War Against Women Seeking Justice
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 | 10:00 AM EST - 3:30 PM EST
This symposium will examine recent legal successes as well as the challenges faced by practitioners advocating on behalf of survivors of gender-based violence. The event is inspired, in part, by witnessing the litigation, media coverage, and political backlash surrounding E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation judgment against Donald Trump. Additionally, Roberta (“Robbie”) Kaplan, who is known for her groundbreaking advocacy for gender equity and was lead counsel in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit, will take part in a featured conversation about the role of lawyers in protecting survivors seeking justice. The symposium will highlight what gender-based violence lawyering and non-lawyering can look like for advocates seeking to improve the overall legal system.
CLE Credit: NJ: 4.2 (DIEB) | NY: 4.0 (DIEB) | PA: 3.5 (ethics)
Co-sponsored by Rutgers Law School’s Women's Rights Law Reporter and Institute for Professional Education.
See program announcement, page 2 for agenda and panelists, and page 3 for CLE details.
FACULTY:
Rachel Camp, Professor from Practice and the Domestic Violence Clinic at Georgetown University Law
Carlos Cuevas, Professor of Criminal Justice and Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab at Northeastern University School of Law
Lisalyn Jacobs, CEO at Just Solutions Activist Organization
Roberta Kaplan
Elizabeth Langer, Women’s Rights Law Reporter Co-Founder and Rutgers Law Alumnus
Daniel Lambright, Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union
Maya Raghu, Senior Advisor at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Maritza Rodriguez, Solo Practitioner at Rodríguez Law, LLC & Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School
Stephen Schulhofer, Professor of Law Emeritus at NYU School of Law
Deborah Tuerkheimer, Author & Professor of Law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Lizzy Vogel, Senior Counsel at TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund and Legal Network for Gender Equity
LOCATION:
Center for Law and Justice | Atrium
Rutgers Law School
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
CREDITS:
CLE: NJ: 5.0 (incl. 5.0 ethics) | NY: 5.0 (incl. 5.0 ethics) | PA: 4.0 (incl. 4.0 ethics)
SUBJECT AREAS:
Diversity Training