Midyear Diversity Events

    The ABA Diversity and Inclusion Center has compiled (below) a basic calendar of diversity and inclusion-related events taking place during the 2019 ABA Midyear Meeting -- January 23-28, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. All listed events are at Caesars Palace and all times are PST.

    Note: The below calendar includes events and meetings directly related to diversity and inclusion issues and entities.  Click here to access a more Comprehensive List of these and other Midyear events that may be of interest (all event times listed are in PST).

    Don't see your event here? To add an event, please email details to diversity@americanbar.org. 

    Thursday, January 24

    Time: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
    Event Name: Judicial Clerkship Program
    Sponsors: Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, Judicial Division
    Location: Forum Ballroom 11+25 (Pool Level)

    Friday, January 25

    Time: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM
    Event Name: Business Meeting      
    Sponsor: Commission on Women in the Profession
    Location: Milano Ballroom V (Promenade Level)

    Time: 8:30 AM-3:00 PM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
    Location: Tarranto (Emperors Level)

    Time: 8:30 AM-6:00 PM
    Event Name: Judicial Clerkship Program
    Sponsors: Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, Judicial Division
    Location: Forum Ballroom 11+25 (Pool Level)

    Time: 8:30-11:30AM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Council for the Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
    Location: Octavius Ballroom 10 (Promenade South)

    Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
    Event Name: Civil Rights & Social Justice Section Council Meeting
    Sponsor: Section of Civil Rights & Social Justice
    Location: Pompeian Ballroom IV (Promenade Level)

    Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
    Event Name: Intellectual Property Law Diverstiy Action Group
    Sponsor: Section of Intellectual Property Law
    Location: Trevi (Promenade Level)

    Time: 10:15 AM-12:15 PM
    Event Name: Racial Justice & Diversity Committee Meeting
    Sponsor: Criminal Justice Section
    Location:     Livorno (Promenade Level)

    Time: 12:30-4:30 PM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Diversity and Inclusion Center
    Location: Pompeian Ballroom III (Promenade Level)

    Time: 2:30-4:00 PM
    Event Name: GOOD Guys (Guys Overcoming Obstacles to Diversity): The Next Generation of Leaders
    Sponsors: National Conference of Bar Presidents, the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, the ABA Young Lawyers Division, and the Commission on Women in the Profession. This event is open to all ABA and affiliate Midyear Meeting registrants. No ticket required to attend. 
    Location: Octavius Ballroom 24 (Promenade South)

    Time: 3:00-5:00 PM
    Event Name: TIPS Diversity in the Profession Committee Meeting
    Sponsor: Tort, Trial, & Insurance Practice Section
    Location: Neopolitan Ballroom IV (Promenade Level)

    Time: 4:00-5:30 PM
    Event Name: Present and Powerful Speaker Series with Networking Wine and Cheese Reception: How American Women Can Change the World & Author Signing with Marianne Williamson
    Sponsors:     Commission on Women in the Profession; Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division
    Location: Forum Ballroom 12+24 (Pool Level)

    Time: 6:00-8:00 PM
    Event Name: Spirit of Excellence Honorees and Alexander Award for Pipeline Excellence Reception
    Sponsors: Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession; Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
    Location: Palace Ballroom II-III Foyer (Emperors Level)

    Saturday, January 26

    Time: 7:30-8:30 AM
    Event Name: Committee Meeting
    Sponsor: Section of Civil Rights & Social Justice
    Location: Octavius Ballroom 17 (Promenade South)

    Time: 7:45-8:45 AM
    Event Name: YLD Diversity Dialogue Brekfast: What Young Lawyers Can Do to Maintain  the Momentum of the Historic Turnout of the 2018 Election
    Sponsor: Young Lawyers Division
    Location: Florentine Ballroom III (Promenade Level)

    Time: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
    Event Name: Judicial Clerkship Program
    Sponsors: Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, Judicial Division
    Location: Forum Ballroom 11+25 (Pool Level)

    Time: 9:00-11:30 AM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Commission on Hispanic Commission on Legal Rights & Responsibilities
    Location: Patrician (Pool Level)

    Time: 10:00-11:30 AM
    Event Name: Better to Be Rich & Guilty? How Implicit Socio-Economic Bias Influences Outcomes Judicial Bias CLE
    Sponsor: Section of State & Local Government
    Location: Augustus Ballroom V (Emperors Level)

    Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
    Event Name: The Resurgence of Racism in the Age of "Making America Great Again": The Role of the Civil Rights and Social Justice Lawyer in Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Modern America
    Sponsors: Commission on Women in the Profession; Section of Civil Rights & Social Justice
    Location: Florentine Ballroom II (Promenade Level)

    Time: 12:00-2:00 PM
    Event Name: Spirit of Excellence Awards Luncheon
    Sponsor: Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
    Location: Palace Ballroom I (Emperors Level)

    Time: 2:30-4:30 PM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council
    Location: Tarranto (Emperors Level)

    Time: 2:30-3:45 PM
    Event Name: CLE: Conversion Therapy; the Current State of Law, Policy, Advocacy, and Awarness in the United States and Beyond
    Sponsor: Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
    Location: Florentine Ballroom IV (Promenade Level)

    Time: 3:45-5:15 PM
    Event Name: Movie Screening: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
    (Sundance award-winning film about a young teen’s experience within a “conversion therapy” center.)
    Sponsor: Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
    Location: Florentine Ballroom IV (Promenade Level)

    Time: 6:00-7:15 PM
    Event Name: Stonewall Awards Reception
    Sponsor: Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
    Location: Emperors Ballroom II (Emperors Level)

    Sunday, January 27

    Time: 8:30-11:30 AM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Coalition on Racial & Ethnic Justice
    Location: Messina (Promenade Level)

    Time: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
    Event Name: Business Meeting
    Sponsor: Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
    Location: Neopolitan Ballroom I (Promenade Level)

    Time: 2:00-5:00 PM
    Event Name: Board Meeting
    Sponsor: Center for Human Rights
    Location: Milano Ballroom VIII (Promenade Level)

    Time: 2:15-4:30 PM
    Event Name: Women’s Caucus
    Sponsor: Commission on Women in the Profession
    Location: Pompeian Ballroom III-IV (Promenade Level)

    Time: 3:00-5:00 PM
    Event Name: Minority Caucus
    Sponsor: Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
    Location: Florentine Ballroom II (Promenade Level)

    Time: 3:00-5:00 PM
    Event Name: LGBT Caucus
    Sponsor: Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
    Location: Pompeian Ballroom I (Promenade Level)

    Don't see your event here? To add an event, please email details of your event to diversity@americanbar.org and we will post your event.