CLE Credit: 6.0 Friday, March 22, 2019 Northern Kentucky Convention Center Covington, Kentucky ©2019 by the Kentucky Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Commission Lori J. Alvey, Sonja M. Blackburn, Caroline J. Carter, Mary E. Cutter, and EmaLeigh C. Haines, Editors All rights reserved Published March 2019 Editor’s Note: The materials included in this Diversity and Inclusion Summit seminar book are intended to provide current and accurate information about the subject matter covered. The program materials were compiled for you by volunteer authors and from national legal publications. No representation or warranty is made concerning the application of the legal or other principles discussed by the instructors to any specific fact situation, nor is any prediction made concerning how any particular judge or jury will interpret or apply such principles. 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Printed by: Kentucky Bar Association 514 West Main Street Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 TABLE OF CONTENTS Program Agenda ........................................................................................................... i The Presenters’ Biographies ....................................................................................... iii There is a Certain Quietness in the Room ................................................................... 1 Mansfield Rule ............................................................................................................. 15 Forty-one Law Firms Announced as Mansfield Rule Certified ........................... 15 Mansfield Rule Pilot 2017-2018 Mid-Point Progress Report ............................. .21 Mansfield Rule: Certification Parameters and Rewards ................................... 25 Mansfield Rule Certification FAQs .................................................................... 31 Diversifying the Pipeline for Law Firm Leadership ............................................. 35 Youth Justice Now ........................................................................................................39 The Changing Definition of Family: An Ever-Changing Tide: Successes and Challenges in LGBT Family Law ........................................................................ 47 National LGBT Bar Association’s Report to the House of Delegates – Resolution 113 ................................................................................................. .53 Marisa N. Paven, et al. v. Nathaniel Smith ........................................................ 69 Immigration Basics to Inform Your Practice ............................................................ .75 Just a Girl from Federal Dam ..................................................................................... 83 Anne McKeig ’92: A Fearless Protector of Children .......................................... 83 Profiles in Practice: Justice Anne McKeig ........................................................ 87 Bystander Intervention Training for a More Inclusive Legal Profession ................. 91 LGBTQ+ Beyond Basics: Current Issues ................................................................. 99 The Queerest (R)Evolution: The Limits of LGBTQPIA Ally Training Curriculum in Higher Education ...................................................................... 103 From Unconscious Bias to Conscious Connections ............................................. 125 NORTHERN KENTUCKY CONVENTION CENTER COVINGTON, KENTUCKY MARCH 22, 2019 PROGRAM FACILITATORS: Ballroom B: Roula Allouch Ballroom C: J. Steven Smith Meeting Room 1–3: Kenneth J. Gish 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome & Opening Announcements Ballroom B Roula Allouch 8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. There is a Certain Quietness in the Room Ballroom B Paulette Brown (1.0 CLE) 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. BREAK 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Mansfield Rule Ballroom B Gina M. Kastel (1.0 CLE) 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 am Youth Justice Now Meeting Room 1 - 3 Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards and Amanda Mullins Bear (1.0 CLE) 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon The Changing Definition of Family Ballroom B Paul B. Thaler (1.0 CLE) 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Immigration Basics to Inform Your Practice Meeting Room 1 – 3 Guion L. Johnstone (1.0 CLE) 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH PROGRAM: Ballroom C Just a Girl from Federal Dam Justice Anne K. McKeig (1.0 CLE) i 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Bystander Intervention Training for a More Inclusive Legal Ballroom B Profession Helen G. Bukulmez (1.0 CLE) 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. LGBTQ+ Beyond Basics: Current Issues Meeting Room 1 - 3 Tristan N. Vaught (1.0 CLE) 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. BREAK 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. From Unconscious Bias to Conscious Connections Ballroom B Priya D. Klocek (1.0 Ethics Credit) 4:15 p.m. ADJOURN ii THE PRESENTERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Amanda Mullins Bear Children’s Law Center, Inc. 215 West Short Street Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 253-3353 [email protected] Amanda Bear is the Managing Attorney of Children’s Law Center (CLC) in Lexington, Kentucky, and the Co-Director of the Central Juvenile Defender Center. CLC is a unique non-profit legal organization providing legal advocacy to youth, and through education, training, and public policy work, seeks to improve the systems that serve those youths. Prior to joining CLC, she spent over 10 years as a Public Defender, where she was a Juvenile Specialist, and the Directing Attorney at two different trial offices. Ms. Bear has experience in both juvenile and adult criminal cases, including complex youthful offender and death penalty cases. She spent two years as an adjunct professor for Morehead State University in both the Sociology and Legal Studies Departments. A life-long Kentucky resident, she received her JD from Chase College of Law. Paulette Brown Locke Lord LLP Forrestal Village 116 Village Boulevard Princeton, NJ 08540 (973) 520-2365 [email protected] Paulette Brown is a member of the labor & employment practice group of Locke Lord LLP and is the Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association. Throughout her career, she has held a number of positions, including in-house counsel to a number of Fortune 500 companies and as a Municipal Court Judge. For the past 30 years, Ms. Brown has engaged in the private practice of law, focusing on all facets of labor and employment and commercial litigation. She has defended employers in cases involving discrimination on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual harassment, disability, race and national origin. She is also experienced in all aspects of workplace training and collective bargaining. She is a certified mediator for the United States District Court, iii District of New Jersey and a member of the Employment AAA Panel. Ms. Brown received her B.A. from Howard University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. She has been recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of the prominent women and minority attorneys in the State of New Jersey and by the National Law Journal as one of "The 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America." She has been listed as a NJ Super Lawyer since its inception and for the past three years as one of the top 50 women lawyers and one of the top 100 lawyers. Ms. Brown has also repeatedly been named by US News as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Commercial Litigation. She also received DRI's Pioneer Diversity Award and the NJ State Bar Association's Excellence in Diversity Award, and she was honored with the Spirit of Excellence and Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards by the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession. In 2014, Ms. Brown was honored by the Rutgers Law-Camden Black Law Students Association for exemplifying the values advocated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Helen G. Bukulmez Spencer Law Group 2224 Regency Road Lexington, KY 40503 (859) 797-4323 [email protected] Helen Bukulmez is a Professor teaching Attorney Marketing and Law Project Management at NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law. She is also Of Counsel at Spencer Law Group, practicing in the areas of personal injury and immigration law in Kentucky. Through her work at ECEROI.com, she globally assists law firms with their growth, profitability, wellness, project management, and organizational needs by providing custom marketing and business plans, attorney and staff workshops, and quarterly growth reviews. She received her B.A. from Uludag University, a Certificate in Global Arbitration and Mediation from Queen Mary University of London and her J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase School of Law. Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards University of Louisville Brigman Hall, Room 209 Louisville, KY 40208 (502) 852-0080 [email protected] Dr. Cherie Dawson-Edwards is Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Louisville. She also directs the College of Arts & Sciences' Social Change Minor. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Science in Justice Administration