The Diversity Committee of the Federal Bar Association-Minnesota Chapter, along with Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, the Somali American Bar Association, the American Constitution Society, Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter, the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association, and the Minnesota Asian Pacific Bar Association are pleased to host the third in a series of four CLE events exploring the topic of hate crime.

This discussion will focus on the issue of hate crime against immigrants. It will feature an expert panel comprised of Mohamed Omar, executive director of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center; several experts from Minnesota-based organizations; and Cynthia Deitle, a nationally renowned speaker and current director of programs and operations at the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Details:

Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m (with a reception)

Location:

Bloomington, Minnesota 55420

Speakers:

Jaylani Hussein (moderator/panelist)
Executive Director of the Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN)

Cynthia Deitle
Programs and Operations Director at Matthew Shepard Foundation and former Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI's Hate Crimes, Color of Law, Human Trafficking and Abortion Extremism Programs

Deepinder Singh Mayell
Director of the James H. Binger Center for New Americans' Education and Outreach Program, University of Minnesota Law School

Mohamed Omar
Executive Director of the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center

Robin Phillips
Executive Director of The Advocates for Human Rights

Registration:

This is a FREE event. Membership is not required to attend.

Please register by the end of the day Thursday, April 19th:

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CLE Credit: Approved for 1.0 hour of elimination-of-bias CLE credit.

Individuals who request accommodations should contact Nadia Anguiano-Wehde (angui010@umn.edu) at least 10 days in advance of the CLE date.