Events
Meeting the Moment: LGBTQIA+ Leadership in a Shifting Legal Landscape
June 24, 2026
| Webinar
| Duane Morris LLP
In celebration of Pride Month, please join us for our webinar, Meeting the Moment: LGBTQIA+ Leadership in a Shifting Legal Landscape, on Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern and 12:00 p.m. Pacific.
CLE credit pending.
About the Program
This program will examine the evolving legal and political landscape affecting LGBTQIA+ communities and the challenges facing the civil rights leaders, lawyers and advocates working to serve them. Through the perspectives of leaders in advocacy, public service and legal practice, the panel will discuss the impact of recent executive orders, legislation and related developments on LGBTQIA+ individuals and institutions. The conversation will also consider issues of bias, professional responsibility, access to justice, client counseling and ethical leadership, with a focus on what it means to meet this moment as legal and community leaders.
Welcome Remarks
Umica Anderson Howard
Diversity and Inclusion Manager
Duane Morris LLP
Moderator
Terrance Evans
Partner and Co-Leader, Banking and Finance Industry Group, Duane Morris LLP; President, California Lawyers Association; President Elect, California Association of Black Lawyers; Director, Region IX, National Bar Association
Speaker
Jamal Anderson
Co-chair, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) Board; Special Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice; Adjunct Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law
Speaker
Charlie Ferguson
Daniel H. Renberg
Legal Fellow
Lambda Legal
Speaker
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Manhattan Borough President;
Former New York
State Senator
About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today’s legal and business challenges. Duane Morris is committed to being a law firm that includes people with various backgrounds, skills, perspectives and experiences, and fully utilizes their talents to provide legal services of the highest quality. The firm believes it should capitalize on the strength emanating from these differences. Drawing on the talents of all of the firm’s personnel helps to create an optimum, creative and inclusive workplace that helps the firm deliver outstanding results to its clients and retain talent.