Registration

Event:
Fri, September 9, 2022
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT

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Get 6.5 Dual CLE Credits for $99

Diversity 2022 // The Time is Now: Transforming Ideas into Action is a full-day conference focusing on the importance of moving beyond conceptual ideas in diversity, equity and inclusion and into creating actionable plans to address the disparities facing the legal profession and our society. Thrilling keynote speakers and interactive small group workshops will give attendees the tools to become champions and advocates of diversity, equity and inclusion.

#Diversity2022

In Partnership With

Belmont University College of Law

Agenda

8:00-8:45 | Registration & Breakfast

8:45-9:30 | The Effects of Underfunding 1890 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities on Diversity in Higher Ed. | Rep. Harold Love, Jr

9:30-9:45 | Transition/Break

9:45-12:00 | Morning Breakout Session (Choose One of Two Paths)

9:45-10:45 | Option #1 | History, Current Trends & Investigation of Extremist Activity in America | FBI Special Agent Sterling Wall
11:00-12:00 | Option #1 Pursuing Innocence | Martesha Johnson Moore & Jessica Van Dyke
9:45-12:00 | Option #2 | Moving Beyond Allyship into Co-Conspiratorship | Cherisna Jean-Marie

12:00-12:15 | Transition/Break

12:15-1:15 | Misjudged: The Case of the Criminalized Survivor | Cyntoia Brown Long

1:15-1:30 | Transition/Break

1:30-3:45 | Afternoon Breakout Session (Choose One of Two Paths)

1:30-2:30 | Option #1 | Put the Diversity Thumb on the Scales to Boost Your Firm's Bottom Line | Joyce Searcy
2:45-3:45 | Option #1 | Being a Bystander Doesn’t Mean You Have to “Stand By”: Tips for Responding to Insensitivity Directed at Others | Luther Wright
1:30-3:45 | Option #2 | Strategic Planning for DEI in the Law | Rhonda Kinslow, Roberta Pettis & Candice Reed

3:45-4:00 | Transition/Break

4:00-4:45 | The Time is Now | Kia Jarmon

Speakers

Cyntoia Brown Long, Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform & Author of "Free Cyntoia"

Rev. Cherisna Jean-Marie

Kia Jarmon, MEPR Agency

Martesha Johnson Moore, Nashville Public Defenders

Rhonda Kinslow, Senior Consultant for FocusWorks Consulting

Rep. Harold Love Jr., Tennessee State Representative

Roberta Pettis, President of FocusWorks Consulting

Candice Reed, Latitude Legal

Joyce Searcy, Director of Community Relations at Belmont University

Jessica Van Dyke, Tennessee Innocence Project

Sterling Wall, FBI Special Agent

Luther Wright, Ogletree Deakins

Location

Belmont University College of Law
1900 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37212