Saturday, February 1, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
Impacts of Parenthood and Child Caregiving on Legal Careers
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Discuss the findings of the 2023 study Legal Careers of Parents and Child Caregivers, exploring the challenges for caregivers in the legal profession, and present practical recommendations and considerations to support caregivers and promote gender equity in the practice of law.
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Spirit of Excellence Awards
The Spirit of Excellence Award is presented to lawyers whose commitment to racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession is evident in their workplace and at the national, state, or local level.
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
SOGI Free CLE: Beyond Visibility, How LGBTQ+ Judges have Strengthened the Justice System, Inside and Outside the Courtroom
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Camelback A
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Stonewall Awards Reception
Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Phoenix Ballroom E
Annual Awards presented by the SOGI Commission at Midyear The Stonewall Award recognizes those lawyers, members of the judiciary, and legal academia who have effected real change to remove barriers on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression in the legal profession and the world, nation, state and/or locale, and to recognize those who have championed diversity for the LGBT community, both within the legal profession and impacting the greater human universe.