Sponsor: Crescent HR

Lunch Menu:
Select Choices @ Registration (Deadline Noon, 12 August 2024)

APPETIZERS

Iberville Salad
Lump Crab & Avocado Dip

ENTREE SELECTIONS

Grilled Gulf Fish with Green Onion Popcorn Rice, Grilled Veggies, Green Salsa

OR

Grilled Steak with Olive Oil Smashed Potatoes and seasoned Grilled Veggies

OR

Lula Veggie Plate

 DESSERT

Southern Bread Pudding (to go)

Session Topic: What We Don't Think We Think: Implicit Bias

Objectivity is an illusion. Without our conscious knowledge, stereotypes and assumptions are embedded into all our brains. Implicit biases are held by everyone, including those negatively impacted by them. Judge van Meerveld will help you learn how to recognize and address implicit bias and highlight how you can work to create and foster a community where opportunities for growth, development, and advancement are open to all.

Speaker: 
The Honorable Janis van Meerveld
U.S. Magistrate Judge, Division 1
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Judge Janis van Meerveld was sworn in as Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana on July 29, 2016, and was reappointed to a second term in May, 2024.  Judge van Meerveld grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and then graduated from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1984.  She obtained her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1987, where she served on the Moot Court Board, and as an oralist on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team.  Judge van Meerveld spent 29 years in private litigation practice, 27 of them with Adams and Reese LLP where she litigated maritime and general insurance cases before she developed a specialization in labor and employment litigation, representing management in all areas of employment law, including class actions, ERISA claims, and Directors and Officers liability claims.

Since joining the federal bench, Judge van Meerveld has been active in serving numerous bar associations through continuing legal education and other presentations.  She has served as a board member of the New Orleans Federal Bar Association since 2016, co-founding and chairing its Justice Camp program, co-editing the Advocate magazine,  and co-chairing the CLE committee. She teaches classes on discovery and settlements at Loyola and Tulane Law Schools, and regularly judges local and national moot court competitions. Judge van Meerveld serves on the Diversity Committee of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association and has presented at new judge orientation and other national FMJA programming.  In 2023, she was appointed as the Fifth Circuit representative to the Magistrate Judges Advisory Group to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, which provides assistance to the Judicial Services Office in supporting the Judicial Conference of the United States Courts. In 2024, she was named its Chair.

CLM CREDIT - PENDING

CLM^®Application Credit: 1 hour of Self-Management

CLM^® Application Credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of Human Resources Management

CLM^® Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Human Resources Management