2024 CLS NATIONAL CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.

OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 3, 2024

2024 CLS NATIONAL CONFERENCE WORKSHOP MATERIALS

State-by-state CLE information is available here. Please email Laura with any questions. 

 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 

  • CHRISTIAN LEGAL AID SUMMIT  
    • A CLA Clinic’s Guide to Religious Freedom
    • Empathy in Action: Trauma-Informed Lawyering
  • GENERAL COUNSEL FORUM WORKSHOPS 
    • Protecting Those at Risk  
      • Theresa Sidebotham and Jeff Dalyrmple  
    • Church Autonomy  
    • Employment Trends Affecting Nonprofits  
      • Will Thetford and Virginia Cronin  
    • Challenges, Choices, Conflicts, Culture 
  • MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION 1 
    • Workshop 1 
      • Helping Ministries Keep or Recover Their Faith  
        • Stanley Carlson-Thies, Caleb Acker, and Chelsea Langston Bambino  
    • Workshop 2 
      • Pregnancy Centers and the Law  
        • Anne O’Connor and Tom Glessner  
    • Workshop 3 
      • Carson v. Makin and the Level Playing Field  

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1  

  • PLENARY PANEL 
    • Ethical Implications of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Lawyering  
        • Rick Campanelli, Natt Gantt, Kevin Lee, and Jason Thacker
    • MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION 2 
      • Workshop 4 
        • Religious Freedom Update 
      • Workshop 5 
        • Peacemaking: Nice Guys Don’t Have to Finish Last  
      • Workshop 6 
        • Legal Aid for the Non-Specialist   
          • Jim Helfrich and Lori Young  
      • Workshop 7 
        • Attorney and Law Student Wellness   
          • Michelle Williams and Codie Chevalier  
      • Workshop 8 
        • Public Records Requests in Tort Litigation 
          • Matthew Joens and Timothy Joens  
      • Workshop 9 
        • Sex Trafficking Law and Litigation 
    • CLS MAIN WORKSHOP SESSION 3  
      • Workshop 10 
        • Thinking Biblically About Immigration  
          • Sarah Flagel and Matthew Soerens  
      • Workshop 11 
        • Instituting Dignity: The Duty to Die 
      • Workshop 12 
        • Supporting the Rule of Law Without Defying the State  
      • Workshop 13 
        • Telling Client Stories  
      • Workshop 14 
        • Exercising Faith at Work   
      • Workshop 15 
        • Using Emotional Intelligence and Peacemaking   

    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 

    • MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION 4 
      • Workshop 16 
        •  Hotspots for Churches and Nonprofits  
          • Rob Showers, Will Thetford, and Justin Coleman  
      • Workshop 17 
        • Defending the Innocent  
          • Craig Shultz and Michael Shultz  
      • Workshop 18 
        • Business Transactions and Charitable Trusts  
      • Workshop 19 
        • Manifest Destiny for Life   
      • Workshop 20  
        • Moving Mountains by Faith in the Legal Arena   
      • Workshop 21 
        • Religious Accommodation in Post-Groff v. DeJoy   
          • Alan Reinach and Dean Broyles   
    • MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION 5 
      • Workshop 22 
        • The Reluctant Attorney: A Path of Faith and Obedience  
      • Workshop 23 
        • The Land Battle Facing Christian Schools  
      • Workshop 24 
        • A Byte-Sized Intro to AI and Ethics  
          • Richard Kelley and Emily Mimnaugh  
      • Workshop 25 
      • Workshop 26 
        • Bathrooms and Pronouns: Threat or Spiritual Opportunity  
      • Workshop 27 
        • Tort Law in the Digital Age: Leveraging  
    • MAIN CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION 6 
      • Workshop 28 
        • Combating Religious-Based Violence in Africa  
          • Jeffrey Brauch and Teresa Conradie  
      • Workshop 29 
        • But I’m a Business Lawyer   
      • Workshop 30 
        • Trauma-Informed Lawyering and Attorney Wellbeing 
          • Lina Hughes and John Westmoreland  
      • Workshop 31 
        • A Proverbs 31 Approach to Seeking the Lord and Persevering  
      • Workshop 32 
        • The 5th Commandment and Estate Planning  
      • Workshop 33

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