Events

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Slavery in St. Louis

Slavery in St. Louis is a traveling exhibit created by the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site.



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Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo

A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race, class, and disability to hide in public on their journey to the North, where they became famous abolitionists.



CLEs

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FEBRUARY PROGRAM: Elimination of Bias in Your Law Firm/Law Practice Regarding Attorneys with Disabilities: How to be a Disability Ally

This program will focus on the impact of ableism and on inclusive actions and language and policies that lawyers and law firms can take to eliminate bias in their workplaces against those with disabilities. 

Our presenters are Katie Fields, Casey Gagliardi and Kevin Barnes.


Judges Colbert-Botchway and Baker and Clarke

MARCH Program: Meet St. Louis’s Judicial Trailblazers

This in-person CLE will be a panel discussion with some of the women honored as part of the Judicial Legacy Project Exhibit created by the Law Library Association of St. Louis. Learn more about the history of women serving on the bench in the St. Louis region.

Moderated by Judge Nicole Colbert-Botchway and co-sponsored by the Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis.