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Convention Program Explores Neurodiversity in the Courtroom

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 12, 2021

The 2021 TBA Annual Convention, presented this year as both an in-person and virtual event, offers eight hours of CLE credit. One of the key offerings will be the annual Bench/Bar Program, which will include three distinct presentations. The first will focus on neurodiversity in the courtroom. Neurodiversity recognizes that those who participate in the legal system bring differently wired brains to the process. To accommodate the different ways people process information, courts, judges and advocates should understand and appreciation these differences. Speakers for this presentation include John Coke, assistant general counsel with the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts; New York attorney Elizabeth Kelly, who focuses on representing individuals with mental disabilities; Florida attorney and author Haley Moss, who speaks and writes about her personal experience with Autism; and Tim Vogus with the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University. See all CLE programs being offered or register here.

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