LELS:The Art of Pleading—Civil Rights & Employment Law After Iqbal

Presented by: Civil Rights Law Section of the Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and the Labor & Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan

Cost: Free, but please RSVP to FBAMICH@fbamich.org

Hon. Judith Levy and Professor Alexander Reinert will moderate an interactive session for practitioners of all experience levels and both sides of the “v.” on what it takes to survive or prevail on a motion to dismiss under the the federal pleading standards established in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (2009) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly (2007), with a focus on civil rights and employment discrimination lawsuits. There will be time for questions and comments from the audience, and a reception will follow.

Hon. Judith E. Levy has served on the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan since 2014, and before that prosecuted civil rights cases in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. She teaches topics in civil rights law at the University of Michigan. Prof. Alexander A. Reinert directs the Center for Rights and Justice at the Cardozo School of Law in New York. He represented Javaid Iqbal in his lawsuit against John Ashcroft through to the Supreme Court, has trained federal judges on pleading standards, and litigates prisoners’ rights cases.
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