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Event Information
NC/SC Labor & Employment Conference
October 27, 2023 - October 28, 2023
Credits
N/A
MCLE: 10.75
Ethics: 1.00
SAMH: 1.00
EMPLOY: 9.75
Pricing
Dates
Friday, October 27, 2023 - Saturday, October 28, 2023Time
8:30 AM - 1:00 PMRegistration Deadline
Thursday, October 26, 2023The 39th Annual NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference will be held in Charleston, SC, at the Charleston Marriott overlooking the Ashley River. This advanced level program will include annual presentations and updates as well as hot topics in employment and labor law.
- Supreme Court Review
- Fourth Circuit Update
- Importance of investigations in employment litigation
- Tips from the bench panel
- False claims in employment dispute
- Tips for arguing remote
- Regulatory issues impacting employee agreements
- PUMP Act and Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- Annual NC and SC Update
- Ethics and mental health awareness for employment law practitioners
Please note this program will be held live in Charleston, but also will be available via Live Webinar. If registering for the Live Webcast, you will need to indicate which days you will attend virtually (these is a separate registration for each day to attend via this format).
Day 2 Webinar: click here.
South Carolina: This program qualifies for 10.75 MCLE credit hours including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour and 1.0 SA/MH credit hour. This program also qualifies for 9.75 ELL Specialization hours.
North Carolina: 10.75 total credit hours, 1 hour of Ethics/Professional Responsibility, 1 hour of Substance Abuse/Mental Health, and 1 hour of Technology Training
Registering as a Non-SC Bar Member
A non-SC Bar Member will need to create an account. To create a new account click here and follow the instructions carefully. Once you have created your account it is advised that you close all browsers and start fresh at www.scbar.org. PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT create a new account if you are a current South Carolina Bar member or a past South Carolina Bar member returning to practice. If you have taken a past program with us and not sure of your login, please contact registrar@scbar.org or 803-576-3822.
Still have account or password questions?
Visit https://www.scbar.org/lawyers/your-membership/login-assistance/ or contact Membership Services at membership@scbar.org or (803) 799-6653 (9am - 5pm EST, Monday through Friday).
Make your hotel reservation now!
Group Rate: $239 per night
Cut off to make reservations: Thursday, October 5
Click here to Book your group rate for Labor and Employment Conference - North and South Carolina
The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees.
Registration Fees
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Policy
Need to cancel or transfer your registration? Refunds, less $50 administrative fee, will be made for cancellations received in writing to the CLE Registrar at registrar@scbar.org by 5 p.m., one week prior to the seminar. Cancellations will not be accepted within one week of seminar date. Designated substitutes may take the place of registrants unable to attend.
Continuing Education
Agenda
Registration
and Continental Breakfast
8:30
a.m.
Welcome
and Opening Remarks
8:45
a.m.
Supreme
Court Review and Update
Paul E. Smith, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel
Hill, NC
Investigations 201 – The Importance
of Investigations in Employment Litigation
D. Michael Henthorne, Ogletree
Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, Columbia, SC
B. Shawan Gillians, Santee
Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC
10:30
a.m.
Break
Mental Health Awareness for the Employment Law Practitioner
April Harris-Britt, Ph.D., AHB Center
for Behavioral Health & Wellness, Durham, NC
11:45
a.m.
Fourth
Circuit Update
Sean F. Herrmann, Herrmann & Murphy, PLLC,
Charlotte, NC
Florence C. Thompson, Jackson Lewis
P.C., Charlotte, NC
12:45
p.m.
Networking
Lunch (lunch provided)
Crystal
Ballroom D
Panel: Tips from the Bench
The Honorable L. Patrick Auld, U.S.
District Court, Middle District of N.C.
The Honorable Molly Cherry,
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of S.C.
The Honorable Clifton Newman, S.C.
Circuit Court
Moderator: Samantha E. Albrecht, Burnette
Shutt & McDaniel PA, Columbia, SC
2:30
p.m.
Break
2:45
p.m.
The
False Claims Act Case Lurking in Your Employment Dispute
Christopher P. Kenney, Chris Kenney Law, Columbia, SC
Being an Effective
Advocate Through a Webcam: Tips for Arguing Remote
The Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, U.S.
District Court, Middle District of N.C.
The
Honorable Stephanie P. McDonald, S.C. Court of Appeals, Charleston, SC
Moderator:
Andrea L. McDonald, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Charleston, SC
4:45
p.m.
Adjourn
5
p.m.
Networking
Reception
Sponsored
by Resolution Economics
Hotel
Courtyard, First Floor Lobby
Dinner
on your own
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 28
Registration
and Continental Breakfast
Breakfast
Sponsored by Reliance Forensics, LLC
8:15
a.m.
Attorney
Client Privilege in Employment Law (Ethics)
Virginia M. Wooten, Ogletree
Deakins, Charlotte, NC
Joshua R. Van Kampen, Van Kampen
Law PC, Charlotte, NC
9:15
a.m.
Pending
Regulatory Issues Impacting Employee Agreements
Shannon R. Meares, Regional Attorney,
NLRB
William (Bill) J. McMahon, IV, Constangy, Brooks &
Smith, LLP, Winston-Salem, NC
M. Todd Sullivan, Fitzgerald
Hanna & Sullivan, PLLC, Raleigh, NC
Moderator: T. Cullen Stafford, Wyrick Robbins Yates
& Ponton LLP, Raleigh, NC
10:00 a.m.
Break
New
Legislation and Its Impact on the Workforce: Overview of the PUMP Act and the
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Grant Burnette LeFever, Burnette
Shutt & McDaniel, Columbia, SC
Denise
Smith Cline, Denise
Smith Cline, PLLC, Raleigh, NC
Shannon M. Polvi, Cromer Babb,
Porter & Hicks, LLC, Columbia, SC
L. Diane Tindall, Wyrick Robbins
Yates & Ponton, Raleigh, NC
11:10
a.m.
Break
– to pull airwall for breakout sessions.
Breakouts
11:30
a.m.
Option 1:
North
Carolina State and District Court Update
Laura J. Wetsch, Winslow Wetsch, PLLC, Raleigh, NC
R. Michael Elliot, Elliot Morgan
Parsonage Law Firm, Charlotte, NC
Daniel C. Lyon, Elliot Morgan Parsonage Law Firm, Charlotte, NC
Option
2:
South
Carolina State and District Court Update
George A. Reeves III, Fisher & Phillips, Columbia, SC
12:45
p.m.
North
Carolina Annual Meeting / South Carolina Annual Meeting
(No
CLE Credit)
1
p.m.
Adjourn
WiFi
Sponsor ~ Brooks Pierce, LLP
Course
Planners/Moderators:
Samantha
E. Albrecht, Burnette
Shutt & McDaniel PA, Columbia, SC
Jennifer
L. Bills, Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill, NC
L.
Nicole Patino, Law
Offices of L. Nicole Patino PLLC, Greensboro, NC
T.
Cullen Stafford, Wyrick
Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, NC
Chandra
A. Stallworth, Richardson
Plowden & Robinson PA, Columbia, SC