Log in

Upcoming events

    • 30 Oct 2024
    • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
    • via Zoom
    Register

    U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview

    October 30, 2024

    12:00-1:15 p.m. via Zoom

    The Cumberland Bar Association is pleased to welcome Carol Garvan, Legal Director for the ACLU of Maine, for a review of some of the monumental decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s last term and a preview of the Court’s upcoming term starting on October 7, 2024. After a brief review of the composition, role, and procedures of the U.S. Supreme Court, Garvan will review the key holdings of significant cases from the Court’s 2023-24 Term. The focus of the program will then turn to the Court’s 2024-25 Term, when the Court will hear cases addressing some of our most fundamental civil rights and civil liberties, including access to gender-affirming medical care, workers’ rights, fee-shifting in civil rights cases, and federal agencies’ power to protect the environment.

    Carol Garvan, Esq.

    Carol Garvan joined the ACLU of Maine as its Legal Director in spring of 2022, where she focuses on litigating civil rights and civil liberties cases throughout the state. Before joining the ACLU, Carol spent over a decade litigating civil rights and employment cases in Maine, with a focus on systemic discrimination and wage theft.

    Carol earned her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, and received her A.B. from Harvard College. During law school, she served as supervising editor for the California Law Review, and editor for the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. She clerked for Judge Kermit Lipez of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and Justice Mark Simons of the California Court of Appeal. Before law school, Carol taught middle school reading in Oakland, California.

    This program is pending one hour of CLE credit.  Zoom credentials will be emailed one day before the program.

Past events

26 Sep 2024 Navigating Federal Prosecution of Violent Crimes: Key Statutes, Investigations, and Penalties
11 Sep 2024 Trade Secret Litigation in Maine
18 Jun 2024 Views From The Bench: A Conversation With Magistrate Judge Wolf (D. Me.) and Justice O’Neil (Me. Super. Ct.)
11 Jun 2024 Honorable MaryGay Kennedy Retirement Event
22 May 2024 No More Non-Competes?
2 May 2024 Your Home is Spying on You: A Look at Internet of Things Forensics
8 Feb 2024 CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon
19 Jan 2024 Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients in a Changing Landscape
6 Dec 2023 Exploring AI in Law: Ethical Considerations and Emerging Trends
30 Nov 2023 Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients in a Changing Landscape
25 Oct 2023 Social at University of Maine School of Law
5 Oct 2023 U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview
28 Sep 2023 New Case Law on Acceptable Changes in Errata Sheets – Take Home Exam or Pop Quiz?
15 Jun 2023 The NECEC: From groundbreaking legal precedent to a jury verdict -- what it takes to build a major clean energy infrastructure project in Maine
13 Jun 2023 How Litigators are Using AI in Word to Find Their Opponent's Weaknesses and Instantly Generate TOAs, Exhibits, and Hyperlinked Pleadings
19 Apr 2023 Being a Neutral Means Being Neutral H & D CLE
29 Mar 2023 What You Need to Know about Music Copyrights and Music Licensing
7 Feb 2023 Force Majeure Provisions and Interpretation
12 Jan 2023 Cumberland Bar Association Annual Meeting
16 Dec 2022 Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Clients
8 Dec 2022 Ethical Duties and Electronically Stored Information
7 Dec 2022 Update on Attorney Wellness: How Are We Doing?
20 Oct 2022 U. S. Supreme Court Review and Preview
13 Oct 2022 The Way Laws Should Be: The Role of the Lawyer-Lobbyist
21 Sep 2022 A New Dawn in Consumer Privacy Legislation: What Maine Lawyers Need to Know Heading into 2023
28 Jun 2022 Representing a Pirate in Real Life: Defamation, Johnny Depp, and Capturing the Jury
17 May 2022 Cumberland County District Attorney Candidates' Debate
27 Apr 2022 Animal Law in Maine: An Introduction
26 Apr 2022 Getting Back to Work: Employment Law Tips for a Smooth Transition from Sweatpants to Slacks
31 Mar 2022 Identifying and Resolving Conflicts of Interest and Other Troublesome Ethical Pitfalls
25 Jan 2022 Cumberland Bar Association Annual Meeting
14 Dec 2021 Lawyers and Social Media: the Ethics of What We Say
16 Nov 2021 Microaggressions and the Law: Identification, Impact, and Intervention CLE
27 Oct 2021 Maine Cannabis Law and Policy: Review of Current Status and Updates to Maine’s Two Cannabis Programs – Medical and Adult Use
22 Sep 2021 Post-Moratorium Foreclosures
17 Jun 2021 Digitizing your small firm - How to increase efficiency, create value in your firm, and plan for succession.
22 Mar 2021 A Trauma-Informed Approach to Legal Advocacy
23 Feb 2021 Online Sweepstakes, The Rapid Rise of Legalized Sports Betting, and Office Pools in the Digital Age: The State of Gambling in Maine
28 Jan 2021 Cumberland Bar Association Annual Meeting
27 Jan 2021 The Changing Legal Landscape in Portland
17 Dec 2020 Ethics in 2020
12 Nov 2020 Unconscious Bias: How to Recognize and Interrupt
15 Oct 2020 Creditors' Rights 101
29 Jul 2020 Appearing from Afar: Lessons Learned from the Use of Remote Technology for Hearings and Other Proceedings
17 Jun 2020 Take-Aways from the Goose Rocks Case
15 May 2020 Consumer Issues in the Age of COVID-19
1 May 2020 Employment Issues in the Age of Covid-19
23 Apr 2020 Construction Law for the General Practitioner in the Age of COVID-19
17 Apr 2020 Keep Calm and Lawyer On
9 Apr 2020 Payroll Protection Program: What Your Firm and Your Clients Need to Know
25 Mar 2020 CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon-Postponed
26 Feb 2020 2020 Fraud Trends Affecting the Legal Sector
29 Jan 2020 How Bias Impacts the Legal Workplace
16 Dec 2019 Anatomy of an Ethics Failure
20 Nov 2019 Family Law Best Trial Practices
13 Nov 2019 How Bias Impacts the Legal Workplace
24 Oct 2019 The Business and Consumer Docket Revisited
21 Oct 2019 Cumberland County Family Law Bench/Bar Meeting
25 Sep 2019 Representing Website Developers and Software Firms
18 Jul 2019 Maine Condominium Law and Practice
25 Jun 2019 New Probate Code Effects on Real Estate: Transfer of Death Deeds
6 Jun 2019 ABA Law Practice Division Meeting
30 May 2019 State Tax: Wayfair and Its Impact on Business
24 Apr 2019 Marijuana in Maine: Where We Are and Where We're Going CLE
8 Mar 2019 The End Of Foreclosure As We Know It?
13 Feb 2019 A Practitioner’s Guide to Trustee Process: Avoiding the Pitfalls and Maximizing Effectiveness
31 Jan 2019 CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon
11 Dec 2018 Counselor At Law Ethics CLE
27 Jun 2018 Bankruptcy Basics CLE with Judge Cary
31 May 2018 Cumberland County District Attorney Debate
1 Feb 2018 CBA Annual Meeting and Luncheon
28 Nov 2017 Cutting Edge Legal Ethics: When Lawyers Tweet


CUMBERLAND BAR ASSOCIATION

P.O. Box 434
Freeport, Maine 04032
207-865-1457
info@cumberlandbar.org

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software