The Étouffée is back in New Orleans on February 13 and 14, 2025!

The 2025 Civil Rights Étouffée (our 5th rendition) is back live in New Orleans on February 13 and 14, 2025 to coincide with the first weekend of Mardi Gras parades.

BRING YOUR SWEETIE SOME CLE FOR VALENTINES DAY!

Please note that DAY 1 begins at 2pm and consists of 3 panels (3 CLE credits) and is a Nuts and Bolts of § 1983 Litigation Bootcamp (see below for more information).

DAY 2 is a full day – 6 CLE credits beginning at 9am with both plenary panels and some hours offering optional A or B panels.

Both days are hosted in the French Quarter at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s George & Joyce Wein School of Music.

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QUALIFYING STATES FOR CLE CREDITS

The Étouffée has now been approved in the following states:*

California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,

Louisiana, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Utah

Our CLE application is pending in:

Ohio 

Thanks to some helpful local chapters, we are also applying in these jurisdictions:

Oklahoma, Oregon

*Many other states have reciprocity and self-reporting.

New York has reciprocity with Louisiana, so New York lawyers will receive CLE for the CRE’25 !!!


If you want to attend and earn CLE, let us know where you are from
and we can share materials for your state’s approval.

Program

Sponsors

         Lunch Sponsor                                                    ADA Sponsor
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & Rivers            Rock Fusco Connelly, LLC

                      Breakfast Sponsor                                       Lunchtime Concert Sponsors
                       Brown Goldstein Levy           Wylie Stecklow PLLC   Law Office of Stephen Haedicke   Dane Law

                                                                  Friend of the Étouffée Sponsors*
                                                      Cohen & Green             Caldera Law           Cary London         

                                      Beldock Levine & Hoffman              Esquire Settlement Services        Transperfect

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                     We have so much appreciation and thanks to our FBA Chapter Sponsors:
  Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky Chapter • Columbus Ohio Chapter • Eastern District of Michigan Chapter • Eastern District of New York Chapter • Kansas & Western Missouri Chapter • Maryland Chapter • Massachusetts Chapter • Memphis / Mid South Chapter • Mississippi Chapter • Northern District of California Chapter • New Orleans Chapter  • Oregon Chapter • Oklahoma City Chapter •  Palm Beach Chapter • P. Michael Mahoney (Rockford, Illinois) Chapter • Puerto Rico Chapter • Lafayette-Acadia Chapter • South Florida Chapter • Southern District of New York Chapter • Tampa Bay Chapter • Utah Chapter
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*Any firm, big or small, can be a friend of the Étouffée for $1,000 and help us offset expenses and continue to offer this great CLE at a very reduced rate. Click to download the Sponsorship Info Sheet.

Hotel Information

                                                 

Homewood Suites by Hilton French Quarter                            Bourbon Orleans Hotel
317 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans 70112                                         717 Orleans Street, New Orleans, LA 70116
Accessible Rooms for Hearing and Mobility Impaired                   Booking Link
Booking Link

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