Meetings

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NBA Judicial Council Mid-Winter Meeting 2022
January 12-16, 2022
Group Reservation Link: 2022 Mid Winter Conference
NBAJC MID-WINTER MEETING PUNTA CANA REGISTRATION
JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION MID-WINTER MEETING
NBAJC MID-WINTER MEETING PUNTA CANA REGISTRATION
Honoring Past Chairs
Virtual Celebration Via Zoom
Tuesday, December 28, 2021,
8:00 PM EST/ 7:00 PM CST and 5:00 PM PST
Attire: African/Festive
Fundraiser – Goal $20,000
Opportunity to pledge and pay in installments for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum donors.
All pledges must be paid by March 31, 2022. Each member is asked to give a minimum of $100 each.
Platinum ~ $1500+
Gold ~ $1,000
Silver ~ $500
Bronze ~ $250
Donor - $100
Pathways to the Federal Bench
February 16, 2021
Tuesday, 7:00 PM EST
Hosts: Judicial Council Judiciary Task Force Committee and NBA Judicial Selection Committee
Panelists:
Judge Ransey Guy Cole, Jr, Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Judge Rodney Smith, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Judge Denise Langford Morris, Circuit Court Judge, Oakland County, Michigan
Judge Martha Lynn Sherrod, (Retired) District Court Judge, Huntsville Alabama; Partner-Conchin Cole and Jordan
Moderators:
Judge Cenceria P. Edwards, Chair Judicial Council Division of the NBA
Attorney Rodney Moore, Partner – Dentons
Broken Windows: History of Policing in America
Thursday, February 18, 2021
12:00 Noon -1:30 PM CST
Hosts: Judicial Council and Memphis Bar Association
Speaker: Jeffery Robinson, Deputy Legal Director and Director of the ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality
Dr. Martin Luther King's Legacy, Judicial Impact and Judicial Heroes
Thursday, February 25, 2021
7PM EST
Host: Judicial Council
Chief Judge Theodore Newman, (Retired) Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Judge U.W. Clemons, (Retired) United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. In 1974 he was one of the first two African Americans elected to the State Senate since Reconstruction.
Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., Executive director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.
Lonita Baker, Esq., Vice President NBA Regions and Affiliates, Civil Rights Attorney family of Breonna Taylor
Moderators
Justice Paul Wooten, Justice New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
Judge Tanya Brinkley, Circuit Court Judge, Criminal Division, 11th Judicial Circuit
Book Meet and Greet, Civil Rights Attorney, Ben Crump
Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
Friday, February 26, 2021
7PM EST
Hosts: JCD, WLD, YLD of the NBA and Dignity Rights
Moderators:
Judge Cenceria P. Edwards, Chair Judicial Council Division of the NBA
Judge, Bernice Donald, United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Chair, Dignity Rights Initiative, American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
Onika Williams, Esq., Chair- Young Lawyers Division of the NBA
Sharon Bridges, Esq., Chair-Women Lawyers Division of the NBA
Honoring Past Chairs
Virtual Celebration Via Zoom
Tuesday, December 29, 2020,
8:00 PM EST/ 7:00 PM CST and 5:00 PM PST
Attire: African/Festive
Fundraiser – Goal $20,000
Opportunity to pledge and pay in installments for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum donors.
All pledges must be paid by March 31, 2021. Each member is asked to give a minimum of $100 each.
Platinum ~ $1500+
Gold ~ $1,000
Silver ~ $500
Bronze ~ $250
Donor - $100
Virtual Book Meet and Greet Featuring Rev. Al Sharpton
Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 7:30 EST / 4:30 PM PST
Moderators:
Judge Cenceria P. Edwards, Chair, Judicial Council of the NBA Division
Onika Williams, Esq., Chair, Young Lawyers Division
Sharon Bridges, Esq., Chair, Women's Law Division
JC Executive Committee Meeting
October 13, 2020, 8 PM EST
JC Membership Meeting
October 8, 2020, 7 PM EST
Virtual Membership Meeting
September 22, 2020 @ 7PM EST, 6PM CST and 4PM PST