(Webcast) Not-for-Profit Law Institute 2021: Nonprofits Meet the Moment – Legal Issues in Responding to COVID-19 and Calls for Greater Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Friday, March 12, 2021 | 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This year’s annual institute focuses on some of the important legal issues confronting the nonprofit and philanthropic world in these unique and difficult times. It will include a keynote address by the general counsel of the path-breaking Ford Foundation, a panel presentation on various perspectives in implementing an effective and legally compliant DEI program, and a discussion of the legal framework and practical considerations in conducting membership and board meetings, programs and other nonprofit offerings remotely.  It will also include a panel discussion on the legal, practical, and regulatory issues relating to nonprofit strategic alliances, as nonprofits consider more efficient and cost-effective ways to work together or restructure in the changing and challenging landscape facing nonprofits.

  Who Should Attend: This half-day program is intended to serve both in-house and outside counsel with a well-developed background in nonprofit law, but it will also be a useful and informative session for nonprofit managers as well as lawyers who are newer to the field and seek to enhance their practice in the nonprofit sector or their participation on nonprofit boards.

  Program Fee:
  $299 for Members | $399 for Nonmembers
  Government/Nonprofit/Academic/Judiciary: $99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm: $99 for Members

• Michele L. Abeles
  Assistant Attorney General
  Charities Bureau
  New York State Attorney General

  Laura E. Butzel
  Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

  Jessica L. Cavagnero
  Partner, SeaChange Capital Partners

  Jocelyn Cuttino
  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

  Kai Falkenberg
  Board President
  The Jewish Week Media Group

  Tara Herman
  Associate General Counsel
  Girl Scouts of the USA

  Katherine C. Hughes
  Pro Bono Attorney
  Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

  Adair Iacono
  General Counsel
  Vera Institute of Justice

  Lauren Ezrol Klein
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

  Jill L. Rosenberg
  Orrick

   

• 12:30 pm – 12:35 pm
  Introduction
  Jackie Ewenstein, Amarah Sedreddine

  12:35 pm – 1:05 pm
  Keynote Speech
  Nishka Chandrasoma

  1:05 pm – 1:55 pm
  Implementing an Effective and Legally Compliant DEI Program
  Jocelyn Cuttino, Adair Iacono, Jill Rosenberg, Amarah Sedreddine

  1:55 pm – 2:10 pm
  Break 

  2:10 pm – 3:00 pm
  Virtual Membership Meetings and Virtual Programs: Legal and Practical Considerations
  Tara Herman, Lauren Ezrol Klein

  3:00 pm – 3:50 pm
  Working Together in New Ways: Nonprofit Strategic Alliances
  Laura E. Butzel, Jessica Cavagnero, Kai Falkenberg, Katherine Hughes

  3:50 pm- 4:00 pm
  Break

  4:00 pm – 4:25 pm
  Regulatory Issues with Strategic Alliances
  Michele L. Abeles

  4:25 pm – 4:30 pm
  Conclusion
  Jackie Ewenstein

• New York: 4.0 Total: 3.0 Professional Practice, 1.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  New Jersey: 4.1 Total: 3.1 General & 1.0 Ethics
  California: 4.0 Total: 3.0 General & 1.0 Elimination of Bias
  Pennsylvania: 3.0 Total: 2.5 General & 0.5 Ethics
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

  Newly admitted New York attorneys (attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) cannot earn CLE credit in the category of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

• This program has been generously sponsored by:

  Platinum Sponsor:

  

  Silver Sponsors:

  

  

  

  Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Non-Profit Organizations, Jacqueline D. Ewenstein & Amarah Sedreddine, Co-Chairs

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org