2025 CLS NATIONAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP MATERIALS
The outlines and, if applicable, handouts for each of the CLE workshops are found below.
For specific information as to which workshops were or were not approved in a particular state, please refer to this document.
Certificates of attendance will be provided within eight weeks of conference, as CLS must report attendance first. For Virginia attorneys, CLS is aware of the October 31 reporting deadline and December 15 certificate deadline. If any attorney licensed in Virginia needs confirmation of hours of credit received, please contact Laura at [email protected].
Those in self-reporting states (AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, TX, and WY) should report attendance directly after receiving your certificate of attendance. Please note CLS creates these certificates last because of reporting requirements in other states. If your state has a CLE reporting deadline and you need your certificate sooner, please reach out to Laura at [email protected].
- CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID SUMMIT
- Immigration
- Lori Young, Anna Colby
- Outline (pending)
- Housing: Protecting Tenants Rights
- Matt Mahoney, Bryan Fisher, Al W. Johnson
- Outline
- Immigration
- IN-HOUSE and MINISTRY GENERAL COUNSEL FORUM WORKSHOPS
- MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
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- Nonprofit Entities’ Use of For-Profit Entities to Generate Income
- Robin Pipkin
- Outline
- Framing Social Righteousness for the 21st Century
- Scott Pryor, Christopher Hampson, David VanDrunen
- Outline
- Religious Freedom Panel (Plenary Session)
- Steve McFarland, Lori Kepner, Daniel Blomberg, Eric Treene, Thomas Berg
- Outline
- Latest Legal Preventatives for Churches and Ministries
- Steve McFarland, Lori Kepner
- Outline
- The Ethical Implications of AI on Lawyering
- Natt Gantt, Rick Campanelli
- Outline
- How Faith Leads to Lawyer Well-Being and Success
- David Grenardo, Starr Tomczak
- Outline
- Destined to Change the World
- Clemence Langlois, Agnes Bettinelli
- Outline
- Pro-Life Protests after Dobbs
- Dave Peters, Stephen Crampton
- Outline
- Do States Still Matter? Yes.
- Reed Smith
- Outline
- Ministry of Practicing Criminal Law
- Jan Olson, Elisa Coates
- Outline
- Legal Aid for the Non-Specialist
- Lori Young, Jim Helfrich
- Outline
- American Eden: Understanding Environmental Law from its Roots
- Tommy Sokolowski
- Outline
- Ethics Done in the Name of the Lord
- Justice Jay McCallum
- Outline
- Hot Topics in Immigration Law
- James Lance Conklin
- Outline
- Does Natural Law Work? Sort of. Maybe.
- Jeffery Ventrella
- Outline
- New Developments in Church Autonomy
- Carl Esbeck
- Outline
- 2025 Legislative Updates: Abortion, IVF, and Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Bradley Kehr
- Outline
- Plenary Justice Panel: Called to Do Justice—Examining the Mission of Christians in the Law
- Anthony Bushnell, Charles Lugosi, Brooke Burns, Sylvia Kramarius
- Outline
- AI and Data Privacy
- Paul Winters
- Outline
- Estate Planning as Ministry
- Stephen Chong, Joe Mitchiner, John Kea
- Outline
- Developing Employment Hotspots Nonprofits Need to Know
- Rob Showers, Justin Coleman, Will Thetford
- Outline
- Godsend? Or God’s End? IVF and Surrogacy
- Nikolas Nikas
- Outline
- Religious Freedom Update
- Lori Kepner
- Outline
- Faith and Freedom in the Digital Age
- Ian Speir, Joy Mosely
- Outline
- Responding Christianly to the Myths and Facts of U.S. Immigration
- Sarah Flagel, Matthew Soerens
- Outline
- Nonprofit Legal Check-Ups: Planning, Preparing, Problems
- Sally R. Wagenmaker, Matthew Brown
- Outline
- Law + Medicine After Dobbs
- Katie Glenn Daniel, Ingrid Skop
- Outline
- Sex Trafficking in the Internet Age and how to Stop it through Litigation
- Benjamin Bull
- Outline
- Succession Planning: Structuring a Buyout between Generations
- John C. Buckley III, Nicholas Farnsworth
- Outline
- Nonprofit Entities’ Use of For-Profit Entities to Generate Income