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The Complex & Courageous Campaign for Women's Suffrage & Parity: 100th Anniversary of 19th Amendment

July 16, 2021


Credits

N/A

MCLE: 6.33



Pricing
Non SC Bar Member Registration
$195.00
SC Bar Member Registration
$195.00


Dates
Friday, July 16, 2021

Time
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM



Registration Deadline
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Join the South Carolina Bar CLE Division, the ABA Judicial Division and the University of South Carolina School of Law for a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment - The Complex and Courageous Campaign for Women's Suffrage and Parity in Our Democracy.

Registration includes a box luncheon with journalist and author Tina Cassidy. Other highlights and presentations include historical overview of women's suffrage with author and historian Marjorie Spruill. The program also will cover race, class and gender in the suffrage movement; the right to vote and right to rule;the changes in military voting procedures; as well as the modern movement toward gender equality. 

Please note that if you plan to attend live, in-person, at the UofSC School of Law seating is limited, so register early! If you missed the opportunity to attend in-person or not able to travel, you can watch the program via Live Webcast.

This seminar is an intermediate level program.

This program qualifies for 6.33 MCLE credit hours. SC Supreme Commission on CLE Course #: 217670.

Attorneys who wish to seek credit in other jurisdictions will be provided a certificate of completion. Attorney will be responsible for applying for individual credit in the relevant jurisdiction. 

Florida Rule Change - Programs approved by Florida prior to the Florida Supreme Court Order SC 21-28 remain approved for Florida credit. Florida Bar regulators have stated that attorneys will not receive Florida credit for any ABA program, even if they self-apply; speakers will not receive Florida credit for their participation in the programs; and, self-application forms submitted by attendees or speakers will not be approved. 

 

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Registration Fees

Non SC Bar Member Registration
$195.00
SC Bar Member Registration
$195.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

8:00 a.m.

Registration

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions

The Honorable J. Michelle Childs, United States District Court, District of South Carolina

Opening Remarks

Dean William Hubbard, University of South Carolina School of Law

9:10 a.m.

A Historical Overview of Women’s Suffrage

Professor Marjorie Spruill

10:00 a.m.

Race, Class, and Gender in the Suffrage Movement

Moderator: Valinda Littlefield, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina Department of History

Professor Paula Monopoli, Sol & Carlyn Hubert Professor of Law and Founding Director, Women Leadership & Equality Program, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Professor Tracy Thomas, University of Akron School of Law

Professor Reva Siegel, Yale Law School

11:15 a.m.

Morning Break

11:30 a.m.

Benched: The Right to Vote and the Right to Rule

Moderator: The Honorable J. Michelle Childs

The Honorable Jean H. Toal, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Retired

The Honorable Bernette Johnson, Louisiana Supreme Court, Retired

The Honorable Eva Guzman, Former Texas Supreme Court Justice

12:45 p.m.

Break/Lunch Distribution

1:15 p.m.

“Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait? Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the Right to Vote”

Tina Cassidy

Enjoy lunch during presentation

1:45 p.m.

Break before sessions resume

2:00 p.m.

The Military and Women:  One Hundred Years of Changes Through the Rule of Law, Service and Sacrifice 

Moderator: The Honorable James Lockemy, Chief Judge, South Carolina Court of Appeals

Lt. Col. Tally Parham Casey, Esq., Wyche, PA

Col. Tara Osborn, U.S. Army

Col. (Ret) Gail A. Curley, U.S. Army

3:15 p.m.

Afternoon Break

3:30 p.m.

The Modern Movement Toward Gender Equality

Moderator: Sutania A. Fuller, 11th Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office

Adair Ford Boroughs, Adair Legal, LLC

Dean Danielle Holly-Walker, Howard University School of Law

Anne Louise Peterson, Innovative Public Affairs, LLC

Nekki Shutt, Burnette, Shutt, McDaniel, PA

4:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

The Honorable J. Michelle Childs

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

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