Collective Litigation as a Tool for Systemic Change (Hybrid CLE in NYC)

ABOUT THE EVENT

New York City has been home to some of the country's most innovative and impactful civil rights cases. Many of these cases were won by NPAP members who joined forces to co-counsel, share strategies, and develop legal theories. In that spirit, our NYC-based CLE will focus on collaborative litigation. The event will feature presentations on how attorneys can effectively coordinate, strategize, and partner with other attorneys, academics, civil rights clinics, and legislators to hold police accountable.

Panels include:

• Theory Meets Practice: Partnering with Scholars to Strengthen Civil Rights Cases
• Strategies for Collaborative Litigation in Protest Cases
• Working with Your Client’s Advocacy Network
• Police Accountability Under the Mamdani Administration
• Strategic Approaches to Advancing State Civil Rights Protections
• Legends of New York: Reflections on Civil Rights Litigation

The full agenda can be viewed here. 

REGISTRATION DEADLINES:

In-person registration is now closed. Virtual registration remains open through Wednesday, April 22.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

Thank you so much to our sponsors, whose work we are proud to uplift and support:

Rich Moffett Court Reporting
Contact:
Rich Moffett
[email protected]
(213) 482-1780

NSBHF
Contact:
Sara Morrison
[email protected]

Beldock Levine & Hoffman
Contact:
David Rankin
[email protected]

Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington
Contact:
Rosemarie Walker
[email protected]

DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION

The event will be held at CUNY School of Law (2 Ct Square W, Long Island City, NY 11101).

Friday, April 24:

7am - 3pm PST
8am - 4pm MST
9am - 5pm CST
10am - 6pm EST

Saturday, April 25:

6:30am - 10am PST
7:30am - 11am MST
8:30am - 12PM CST
9:30am - 1PM EST

Please note: any time listed in this registration page that does not include a time zone can be assumed to be Central Standard Time (CST).

ACCOMMODATIONS

We have secured a hotel room block for attendees. If you plan to stay at the conference hotel, please make your reservation using the link below.

Please note that the hotel block rate will expire on April 7, or earlier if the block sells out.

Reserve your room here:  https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=ISPICGI&groupCode=NPAP26&arrivaldate=2026-04-22&departuredate=2026-04-26&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

Breakfast and lunch will be served on Friday, and breakfast will be served on Saturday (programming will conclude by 1:00PM).

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (this list will be updated as additional speakers are confirmed):

Jonathan Moore - Partner, Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP
John Boston - Prisoners’ Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society (ret.)
Tahanie A. Aboushi - Founding Partner, Aboushi Law Firm
Elena Cohen - Founding Partner, Cohen & Green, PLLC
Zal Shroff - Assistant Professor, CUNY School of Law
Laura Ives - Parter, Ives & Flores Attorneys
Professor Betsy Ginsberg - Director, Civil Rights Clinic & Clinical Professor of Law, Cardozo Law
Alexandra Freedman Smith - Partner, The Law Offices of Alexandra Freedman Smith
Fred Brewington - Partner, The Law Offices of Frederick Brewington
Alex Reinert - Max Freund Professor of Litigation & Advocacy, Cardozo Law 
Regina Yu - Coordinating Attorney, Femme Law
Nicole Martin - Know Your Rights Camp
Chaplain Dr. Victoria A. Phillips - Founder/CEO, Visionary V Ministries
Chad Marlow - Senior Policy Counsel, ACLU
Lily Moore-Eissenberg - ACLU Supreme Court Initiative

CONFIRMED MODERATORS
Joe McMullen - Law Offices of Joe McMullen
Lauren Bonds - Executive Director, National Police Accountability Project 
Riley H. Ross III - Partner, Mincey, Fitzpatrick, Ross
Eliana Machefsky - Staff Attorney, National Police Accountability Project 
Keisha James - Staff Attorney, National Police Accountability Project 
Jonathan Feinberg - Partner, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin

ACCREDITATION 

This event has been accredited with the State Bar of CA and Pennsylvania. The total CLE credit hours, including subfield credits, will be announced once finalized. 

NPAP is a Multiple Activity Provider (MAP) with the State Bar of California, and as such this event is automatically accredited in CA.

Most attendees should be able to self-report CLE credit to their own state bars, and in instances where a state bar requires that the event sponsor report on behalf of attendees, NPAP is happy to assist.

If you have any questions about accreditation, please email KG at [email protected].

RECORDING

The event will be recorded in its entirety and recordings of each panel will be available to attendees after the event. However, attendees will only be eligible for CLE credit for the portions of the event that they attended live, either in-person or virtually. Retroactive viewing of recordings will not be eligible for CLE credit, as NPAP does not have a means of validating attendee participation in this circumstance.

 FINANCIAL SUPPORT

NPAP never wants cost to be a barrier to attendance for our programming and we are happy to work with anyone interested in attending to find a means to make the program accessible. If you require financial support, please contact Re’Neisha at [email protected] for assistance.

ACCESSIBILITY 

It is our priority to ensure accessibility for all attendees - please contact KG at [email protected] if you have specific inquiries regarding physical accessibility of the venue or virtual experience.