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Arianna Mouré, an Associate at CSG Law, speaks with Julia Lopez, a Partner at Reed Smith, on her professional journey and her advice for aspiring Hispanic attorneys on finding their way in the legal profession. James A. Lewis, V. , Executive Director of the City Bar’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, introduces the conversation.

Thomas Slome, a Bankruptcy Partner at Cullen and Dykman and the Treasurer of the New York City Bar Association, is joined by moderator Camille Bent, a Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner at BakerHostetler; Philip Anker, Co-Chair of the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice Group at WilmerHale; and Jonathan Flaxer, a partner at Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell and Peskoe LLP. All are members of the City Bar's Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization Committee. Find the CLE materials and more at https://www.nycbar.org/media-listing/media/detail/bankruptcy-code-safe-harbor

A Pathway Out of Mass Incarceration and Toward a New Criminal Justice System: The City Bar Report by NYC Bar Association

City Bar Senior Policy Counsel Maria Cilenti, Director of Advocacy Elizabeth Kocienda, and Policy Counsel Mary Margulis-Ohnuma discuss how they work with the Association’s 150-plus committees to take and advocate positions on a wide range of local, national and international issues; how they’ve adapted their work during the pandemic; and some of the issues addressed in recent months. This podcast was recorded in July 2021.

Michele Natal, Co-Chair of the City Bar’s Recruitment & Retention of Lawyers Committee and an attorney at Mayer Brown, speaks with Muhammad Faridi, her Committee Co-Chair and a Partner at Patterson Belknap, and James A. Lewis, V, Executive Director of the City Bar’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion, about how the Diversity Fellows program has helped them and others make their way in the legal profession.

John S. Pruitt, a member of the City Bar’s Insurance Law Committee and a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland, speaks with Susan K. Neely, President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers, about what insurers are doing to offer life insurance and retirement security in traditionally underserved communities, and the challenges insurers and agents face in doing so.

Christina Lewicky, a member of the City Bar’s Litigation Committee, speaks with Robert Leinwand, Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel at Nike, and Scott Wilson, a Partner at DLA Piper.

Clint Hannah and Stephanie Krasnov of the City Bar’s Entertainment Law Committee speak with Professor Deborah Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina School of Law and Amy Lehman of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.

Sherry Ramsey, a member of the City Bar’s Animal Law Committee, speaks with John Thompson, Vice President of the Small & Rural Law Enforcement Executives Association and former Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Sheriffs Association.

Hanson Horn and Gary Casimir of the Cook Group speak with Jordan Rutsky of Merson Law.

Richard Liskov of the City Bar’s Insurance Law Committee speaks with the Vice President of the APCIA (American Property Casualty Insurance Association).

The Professional Disciplinary Complaints about the Conduct of Rudolph Giuliani and How They Might Unfold Jennifer Rodgers, member of the City Bar’s Task Force on the Rule of Law, CNN legal analyst and adjunct law professor, speaks with Christine Chung, a trial and appellate attorney, former federal prosecutor and steering committee member of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and Richard Maltz, Counsel to the Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Group at the firm of Frankfurt Kurnit and former member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York. Opinions expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily of the City Bar.

Kara Swisher, a journalist and author writing about information technology, will discuss her observations regarding the internet, the digital revolution it created and the possible future it may bring. Topics will include: the influence of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms on our politics, especially on the January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol; the effect of computer robotics on our economy; the development of artificial intelligence; facial recognition and other means of surveillance; the lack of gender diversity in the dot.com world, among other areas of public concern. Swisher is an opinion writer for the New York Times where she also produces a twice-weekly podcast “Sway” on tech issues; she is an editor-at-large at New York Media, co-hosts the popular “Pivot” podcast and has authored two books. Her examination of the tech industry led Newsweek to call her “Silicon Valley’s most feared journalist.” She has established a reputation in the tech world for unrivaled access, having interviewed

Susan Witkin, of the New York City Bar Association's Animal Law Committee, speaks to Kevin Schneider and Elizabeth Stein of the Nonhuman Rights Project about their organization and the cases it is bringing on behalf of nonhuman animals, including Happy the Elephant.

Jennifer Paul Cohen, a member of the City Bar’s Bioethical Issues Committee, interviews Dr. James Colgrove, professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Dean of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Columbia's School of General Studies, and Dr. Llew Keltner, Chief Executive Officer of EPISTAT, an international healthcare strategy company he founded in 1972, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and a guest lecturer in the Columbia University bioethics program. Alan Brudner, Chair of the Bioethical Issues Committee, introduces the conversations.

Christopher Dor is a Research Compliance Associate at Weill Cornell Medicine where he investigates allegations of scientific/research misconduct, manages conflicts of interest and drafts policy. John Katt is Director of Technology, Development & Data at the Office of the New York City Public Advocate. Tanya Blocker is a Senior In-House Counsel at National Grid, where she specializes in labor and employment law. Co-Hosts: Heather Hatcher (Health Law Committee, Science & Law Committee) Wesley Paisley (Secretary, Information Technology and Cyberlaw Committee) Tim Peterson (Information Technology and Cyberlaw Committee, Producer of Contact Tracing Podcasts)

Panelist: Charles Morgan https://www.mccarthy.ca/en/people/charles-morgan Resources Report: Technology Governance in a Time of Crisis https://www.itechlaw.org/technology-governance-time-crisis International Technology Law Association / iTechLaw https://www.itechlaw.org Segments: Overview of Canadian Experience with Contact Tracing 0:00:43 Overview of Canadian Privacy Concerns with Contact Tracing 0:03:02 Application of Artificial Intelligence to Contact Tracing 0:06:55 GDPR Perspective of Artificial Intelligence Processing of Personal Data 0:09:06 Factors Affecting Speed of Contact Tracing Rollout Internationally Other Than Privacy Laws 0:10:51 Closer Look at Contact Tracing in Asia - South Korean Example, Legal Mandates, and Cultural Norms 0:13:48 Absolute and Relative Success of Contact Tracing 0:15:32 Urban Spikes in US and World, Patterns of Covid-19 Spread, Efficacy of Contact Tracing 0:18:21 Multinational Corporation Contact Tracing Solutions 0:21:37 Can the World Teach the United States Anything abo

Panelists: Professor Joseph Ali - https://bioethics.jhu.edu/people/profile/joseph-ali/ Dr. Brian Hutler - https://bioethics.jhu.edu/people/profile/brian-hutler-jd/ Resources: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resources: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/contact-tracing Report: Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/75831 or free on Kindle at https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Contact-Tracing-Pandemic-Response-ebook/dp/B0892RZ3G2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Johns+Hopkins+ethics+contact+tracing&qid=1596979781&sr=8-1 Segments: History and Evolution of Contact Tracing 0:02:00 International Historical Example of Contact Tracing 0:04:45 Stigma to Contract Tracing 0:05:55 Role of Public Health Officials with Digital Contact Tracing 0:08:09 Political Will to Employ Contact Tracing Digital Technology 0:11:51 Overview of Options and Recommendations 0:16:09 Overview of Apple and Google Efforts 0:21:16 The Decentralized Nature of Contact Tracing, and, Does it Work? 0:27:11 Law Enforcement Using Data

Danny Alicea, the incoming Chair of the City Bar’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee, spoke with Trudy S. Rebert and Carlos Vargas about DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – and the recent Supreme Court decision in Wolf v. Batalla Vidal that upheld a challenge to its termination. Ms. Rebert is an attorney with the National Immigration Law Center and a member of the Wolf v. Batalla Vidal litigation team. Carlos Vargas is a plaintiff in the case. He arrived in the United States at age four, is currently in law school, and is one of the 700,000 people who have received protection under DACA.

As a national conversation over police abuse of Black and Brown people has emerged, many lawmakers and others are unveiling police reform measures. Join us for a discussion of the various proposed pathways and approaches to police reform. Our esteemed panel tackles some of the principal tensions confronting our society today and address the challenges of advancing change in how policing and law enforcement is carried out in this country. Also discussed: how the legal profession can best participate in this conversation and play a productive role in bringing about effective and timely change. Moderator: Sheila S. Boston, President, New York City Bar Association Speakers: Loretta Lynch, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and former U.S. Attorney General Paul Fishman, Arnold & Porter LLP and former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Nicole M. Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch J. Scott Thomson, former Chief of the Camden County Police Department,