January 4th – 5th, 2024
The Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley, CA
Attorneys and academics from around the globe will examine what’s new and what’s working, here in California and globally, in addressing gender discrimination, harassment and violence. Topics include prevention, litigation, non-litigation remedies, affirmative consent, defamation and backlash, investigations, Title IX and education, and the war on DEI. 11 hours of California CLE credit!
Registration: https://na.eventscloud.com/761135
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Standard In-Person CLE Registration: $450 (*or $400)
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Standard Remote CLE Registration: $300 (*or $250)
*$50 Discount: Applies to our Gold/Platinum/Diamond Sponsors, members of our partner organizations and graduates of the University of California.
Thursday, January 4th (PST)
12:00 – 12:45 pm Welcome and Opening Provocation
12:45 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Small Group Discussions
1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel 1: Prevention
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Service
3:30 – 5:00 pm Panel 2: Non-Litigation Remedies
5:00 – 6:30 pm Reception with Hors D’oeuvres
Welcome and Opening Provocation
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Dr. Judith L. Herman, MD
- Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Amy Oppenheimer
- Founding Partner, Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
- She/Her
- Provocateur
Panel 1
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Ann Noel
- Former General Counsel, Fair Employment and Housing Commission (ret.)
- She/Her
- Moderator
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Elena Acevedo
- Ethics and Investigations, Intuit
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Lily Harvey
- Assistant Deputy Director of Education and Outreach, California's Civil Rights Department
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Shea Holman
- Executive Director, Purple Campaign
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Furaha-Joy Sekai Saungweme
- Founder and Regional Coordinator, Africa End Sexual Harassment Initiative (AESHI)
- She/Her
- Speaker
Panel 2
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Denise Oldham
- Former Director & Title IX Officer, Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (ret.), UC Berkeley
- She/Her
- Moderator
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Marcia Gee Riley
- Director and Ombudsperson, Ombuds Office for Student and Postdoctoral Appointees, University of California, Berkeley
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Maha Ibrahim
- Senior Attorney, Litigation & Policy; Managing Attorney, End Sexual Violence in Education Program, Equal Rights Advocates
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Joshua Richards
- Partner & Litigation Department Vice Chair, Saul Ewing LLP
- He/Him
- Speaker
Friday, January 5th (PST)
8:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast at the Bancroft
8:30 – 9:00 am Conversation about Affirmative Consent
9:00 – 10:30 am Panel 3: Litigation
11:00 – 12:30 pm Panel 4: Backlash – Defamation and Countersuits
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch and Presentation on the War on DEI
1:30 – 2:45 pm Panel 5: The Professional Responsibility of Independent Investigators
3:00 – 4:15 pm Panel 6: K-12 and Higher Education
4:15 – 5:15 pm Closing Discussion: Where To Go From Here
Conversation about Affirmative Consent
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Denise Oldham
- Former Director & Title IX Officer, Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (ret.), UC Berkeley
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Allison Quinlan
- Manager, Right to Equality
- She/They
- Speaker
Panel 3
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Mia Munro
- Litigation Attorney, Genie Harrison Law Firm, APC
- She/Her
- Speaker
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David Lowe
- Partner, Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP
- He/Him
- Speaker
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Joelle Nwabueze
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Law at Enugu State University of Science and Technology
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Jennifer Reisch
- Founder and Principal Attorney, Reisch Law
- She/Her
- Speaker
Panel 4
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Beth W. Mora
- Owner and Managing Partner, Mora Employment Law, APC
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Jessica Ramey Stender
- Policy Director and Deputy Legal Director, Equal Rights Advocates
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Elizabeth Tang
- Senior Counsel for Education and Workplace Justice, National Womens Law Center
- She/Her
- Speaker
Presentation on the War on DEI
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David Oppenheimer
- Director, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law; Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
- He/Him
- Speaker
Panel 5
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Christina Ro-Connolly
- Partner, Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
- She/Her
- Moderator
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Rosha Jones
- Partner in Labor & Employment and Litigation Practice Groups, Folger Levin
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Chaya Mandelbaum
- Partner, Rudy Exelrod Zieff and Lowe LLP
- He/Him
- Speaker
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Vida Thomas
- Managing Partner, Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
- She/Her
- Speaker
Panel 6
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Lisa Buehler
- Attorney Investigator, Buehler Trapani LLP
- She/Her
- Moderator
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Liz DeChellis
- Partner, Van Dermyden Makus Law Corporation
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Lynzie DeVeres
- Assistant Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion & Title IX Administrator, Claremont McKenna College
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Ilona Turner
- Senior Attorney, Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Keasara (Kiki) Williams
- Executive Director, Office of Equity & Employee Relations & Title IX Coordinator, San Francisco Unified School District
- She/Her
- Speaker
Closing Discussion
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David Oppenheimer
- Director, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law; Clinical Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law
- He/Him
- Moderator
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Jallé H. Dafa
- Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
- She/Her
- Speaker
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Noreen Farrell
- Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
- She/Her
- Speaker
Many Thanks to our Partners and Sponsors
This conference is made possible by the generous support of our trusted sponsors and partners. Thank you for sharing our vision and believing in the mission of the Center. Opportunities for sponsorship and partnership are still available.
Please contact Charlie Tsunoda at charlietsunoda@berkeley.edu, or Julianna Bass at juliannabass@berkeley.edu for more information.
Partners:
Alameda County Bar Association
American Bar Association, Section of Civil Rights & Social Justice
Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI)
California Employment Lawyers Association
Equal Rights Advocates
The Impact Fund
Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Sponsors:
