Friday, Feb 14
7:30 am - 8:30 am
ABE + YLD Advisory Committee Meeting
Room 404 (Level 4)
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
YLD Assembly Delegate Certification
JW Grand Ballroom Salon 5-6 Foyer (Level 4)
- Delegate Certification will be closed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. during the Council Meeting.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
YLD Information Desk
JW Grand Ballroom Foyer (Level 4)
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ABE Financial Wellness Sessions
Room 406 (Level 4)
It's never been a better time to review your current financial health. The American Bar Endowment is pleased to sponsor a complimentary 15 minute Financial Wellness Checkup with a financial professional from New York Life Insurance Company.
This session gives you a chance to ask questions that can help put you on a path to building a strong financial foundation. Some common topics of interest lawyers find valuable include:
Advanced registration is required and slots are limited. If you have financial questions on the topics listed above or any other topic, please contact Bonnie Czarny1 at (312) 988-6416 or bczarny@abenet.org.
11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
YLD Council Meeting
JW Grand Ballroom Salons 7-8 (Level 4)
1:50 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Celebrating Democracy (Co-Sponsor)
NCBP Friday Afternoon Plenary
Hilton Austin
Come hear how organizations are celebrating the 19th Amendment's 100th Anniversary and the 150th Anniversary of the ratification of the 15th Amendment. Find your own way to celebrate these milestone voting rights acts and protect voters in the 21st century.
Moderator:
- Carl D. Smallwood, Columbus, OH, Past President, Columbus Bar Association and Past President, NCBP
Speakers:
- Mimi Murray Digby Marziani, Austin, TX, President, Texas Civil Rights Project
- Jan Miller, Austin, TX, State Bar of Texas Law Related Education Director
- Holli J. Welch, Cheyenne, WY, District 28 Representative, ABA Young Lawyers Division
- Elizabeth M. Yang, Great Falls, VA, President, WStrong, LLC and Director, ABA Standing Committee on Election Law
Co-sponsors:
The recent publication of "Speaking for the Dying: Life-and-Death Decisions in Intensive Care" by ABF research professor Susan Shapiro, coincided with the passage of a new ABA resolution that reconsiders the role of lawyers in advance care planning. This research seminar marries these empirical and policy perspectives. Drawing on more than two years of observations in two intensive care units, Shapiro describes how decision makers for patients without capacity to speak for themselves actually make life-and-death decisions on their behalf and the limited role of advance directives in this process. In addition to describing the new ABA guidance for lawyers, the panel will also provide the perspective of an ethics consultant facing these wrenching decisions on the ground, day after day.
Panelists:
- Susan P. Shapiro – Research Professor, American Bar Foundation
- Virginia A. Brown – Assistant Professor, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
- Charles P. Sabatino – Director, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging
Moderator:
- Jo Ann Engelhardt – Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor, Bessemer Trust; Patron Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Sponsors:
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
YLD Scholar's Meeting
Room 402-403 (Level 4)
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
YLD Disaster Legal Services Committee Meeting
Texas Law Center, 1414 Colorado Street, Austin, TX 78701
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Present and Powerful Speaker Series
Vote, Run, Lead: 100 Years of Women in Politics
JW Marriott, Lone Star Ballroom (Level 3)
Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote, the 2020 Present & Powerful Speakers Series features a panel of women leaders dedicated to encouraging women to run for elected office. Our panel will explore how the gift of yesterday’s brave Suffragists – an empowering heritage of pride, momentum and purpose – is carried on in spirit by American women today running for elected office. The discussion will include experiences and challenges women face in seeking elected office, the impact and opportunities women have in holding elected office, and why it is important on a local, state and national level to have the varied perspectives that women bring to leadership in elected office. Part of the Present & Powerful Speaker Series.
Speakers:
- Kaitlyn Newman, She Should Run
- Hon. Eva Guzman, Supreme Court of Texas
- Sharon Sayles Belton, Former Mayor of Minneapolis
- Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Presented by:
5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
YLD Candidates Forum
Room 401 (Level 4)
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
YLD Scholars Dinner w/Walmart
INVITE ONLY
OP Italian - JW Marriott (Ground Level)
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
YLD Dine-Arounds (sign up required)
The YLD and GPSolo are teaming up to have joint dutch-treat dine arounds in Austin. Reservations have been made, all you have to do is sign up. It’s that easy!
All reservations are at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 14, 2020, unless otherwise noted. Reservations have been made at:
- North Italia
- Lamberts (8:00PM)
- Manuel’s
- Swift’s Attic
- The Roaring Fork
- Caroline Restaurant
- Punchbowl Social
- Uncle Julio’s
To sign up for a dine around, please email Miriah Holden at mholden@asbhawaii.com with the restaurant you’d like to attend. You will receive a confirmation email once availability is confirmed (first-come, first-served basis). The deadline to sign up is February 13, 2020.
9:30 p.m.
Evening Meet Up
Central District Brewing
Central District Brewing is excited to host ABA YLD members Friday night between 9 and 11 pm in our own private space. Network with your peers at this Dutch treat event where you will enjoy locally crafted beer, wine, cider, and soda.