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Welcome to the 2024 Farmworker Law Conference! We are so excited to host you in Atlanta this year.

Session materials are available in the Learning Lab, where you can also claim CLE credit and provide session feedback.
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Tuesday, November 12
 

7:30am EST

Pre-Con Registration
Tuesday November 12, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function
Tuesday November 12, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function

8:30am EST

The New Advocates Pre-Conference
Tuesday November 12, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand AB
Tuesday November 12, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand AB
  Pre-Conference

10:30am EST

The New Advocates Pre-Conference
Tuesday November 12, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand AB
Tuesday November 12, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand AB
  Pre-Conference

12:00pm EST

Pre-Con Lunch
Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
Grand Pre-Function
Tuesday November 12, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EST
Grand Pre-Function

1:30pm EST

The New Advocates Pre-Conference
Tuesday November 12, 2024 1:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand AB
Tuesday November 12, 2024 1:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand AB
  Pre-Conference

4:00pm EST

Conference Registration
Tuesday November 12, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Grand Pre-Function
Tuesday November 12, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm EST
Grand Pre-Function

6:00pm EST

NLADA FW Directors Meeting
Tuesday November 12, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Atlanta 4, 5
Tuesday November 12, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm EST
Atlanta 4, 5
 
Wednesday, November 13
 

7:30am EST

Breakfast and Registration
Wednesday November 13, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function
Wednesday November 13, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function

8:30am EST

Open Plenary & Small Group Discussions
Wednesday November 13, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand AB
Wednesday November 13, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand AB

10:00am EST

Break
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own

10:30am EST

Cannabis Industry Turns Back the Clock on Immigrant Workers’ Rights: What Farmworker Programs across the Country Need to Know
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
The legal and illegal cannabis industry are flourishing in a number of states, driving a demand for migrant farm labor and causing new migration patterns. The serious federal immigration consequences of working in the growing or production of marijuana combined with emerging, undercaplitalized, and/or criminal employers has created a perfect storm for abusive working conditions, including forced labor, violence and threats, substandard living conditions, and rampant wage theft. Last year, Oregon's Cannabis Worker Resilience Partnership - a holistic partnership of seven cross-sector non-profit organizations - formed to address the humanitarian crisis created by the abuses of the marijuana and hemp industry. Members of the Partnership will present on important considerations and emerging issues in immigration and employment law and the innovative partnership to address the unique needs of cannabis workers. They also will lead a discussion on potential collaboration and outreach to affected migrant communities across the country.
Speakers
BA
AM
CS
MV
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
  Immigration

10:30am EST

What’s New in FLSA Representation: Overtime for Farmworkers, Collective Action Changes, and More
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
This workshop will cover the basics of the agricultural overtime exemption, but will focus on the exemptions to the exemption - when farmworkers may actually be entitled to overtime. We will look at claims involving packinghouse workers, camp cooks, drivers, and more. There will be a focus on how to develop evidence to support your overtime claims. This session will also provide updates on FLSA collective action litigation, including issues related to class certification, jurisdiction, and nuts and bolts of providing notice.
Speakers
ES
TT
CB
PM
JZ
Wednesday November 13, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
  Litigation

12:00pm EST

Lunch (on own)
Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
on your own
Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
on your own

12:00pm EST

Non-Attorney Farmworker Advocates Meeting
Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Grand A
Wednesday November 13, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Grand A

1:30pm EST

Camp Access: Legal Bases for Access, Recent Litigation, and Addressing Access Challenges
Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand A
This panel session will explore federal and state legal theories for permitting advocates to access farmworkers at employer-controlled housing and will provide examples of strategies for responding to access challenges. It will also examine recent and current litigation around camp access, including Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, Colorado Livestock Association v. Colorado, and legal challenges to the 2024 H-2A Rule. Lastly, the panel will discuss best outreach practices.
Speakers
TT
KD
KE
MG
Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand A
  Litigation

1:30pm EST

Empowering Small Teams: Strategies for Successful Agricultural Outreach with Limited Staff
Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand B
In this workshop, participants will discover practical strategies tailored for small teams aiming to engage effectively with agricultural workers. From understanding the unique needs of agricultural communities to leveraging digital tools for outreach, attendees will explore proven methods for building trust, fostering communication, and delivering impactful initiatives with a limited staff. Through interactive discussions and case studies, participants will gain actionable insights to enhance their outreach efforts and achieve meaningful connections with agricultural workers. This workshop offers invaluable guidance to empower your team and make a lasting impact in agricultural communities.
Speakers
JS
Wednesday November 13, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand B
  Outreach

3:00pm EST

Break
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
on your own
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
on your own

3:30pm EST

Using Data in Farmworker Outreach, Advocacy, and Representation
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand A
What data do programs use and collect, and for what ends?
Speakers
ES
DM
AR
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand A
  Data

3:30pm EST

Harvesting Connections: Centering Farmworkers in Accessing Justice
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand B
Outreach is an essential component of the work we do; it’s flexibility and various styles of execution make it easily accessible to organizations looking to engage surrounding communities. This panel discussion and workshop will focus on best practices to ensure farmworkers and their needs remain at the core of outreach conversations. Participants will learn how to foster connections with Latinx farmworkers by identifying culturally relevant forms of communications to ensure meaningful participation during outreach. We will discuss ways to improve accessibility of outreach materials to address language barriers, varying literacy levels, and cultural differences. Participants will also learn how to connect and maintain partnerships with outside organizations to establish a strong network of diverse, relevant resources for their clients in the hopes of establishing a more inclusive outreach practice.
Speakers
AP
MO
Wednesday November 13, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand B
  Outreach

5:00pm EST

Welcome Reception
Wednesday November 13, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
Grand Pre-Function
Join us over food and drinks as we launch 2024 FJC!
Wednesday November 13, 2024 5:00pm - 6:30pm EST
Grand Pre-Function
 
Thursday, November 14
 

7:30am EST

Breakfast
Thursday November 14, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function
Thursday November 14, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function

8:30am EST

¿Sabe RICO? A Review of Tools and Best Practices for Litigating Farmworker Cases Under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand B
This is a follow-up to the November 2023 Zoom training on the RICO Act in Farmworker Cases. The first part of the workshop will be a brief review of the RICO basics we discussed in the 2023 training and more recent developments in the law (people who did not attend the 2023 training will get enough information during the review to participate meaningfully in this workshop). Most of the workshop will be practical: using a "ripped from the headlines" H-2A hypothetical, we will break up into small groups and develop an abbreviated fill-in-the-blank complaint incorporating best practices for (1) pleading RICO enterprises; (2) pleading a pattern of racketeering activity/continuity; (3) addressing potential causation issues; (4) addressing extraterritoriality and in pari delicto concerns: (5) and incorporating charts. Groups will then present their respective "complaints" to the participants. For each group complaint, we collectively will brainstorm about what works (and may not work). The goal is to come out of this workshop knowing enough concrete RICO skills (and related puns) to be dangerous. ¡Qué RICO!
Speakers
DW
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand B
  Litigation

8:30am EST

Precarious Protection: Analyzing Compliance with Pesticide Regulations for Farmworker Safety
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand A
We propose presenting findings from the "Precarious Protection" report at the National Farmworker Law Conference. This session will address the severe health risks farmworkers face from pesticide exposure and the critical gaps in the enforcement of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). We will discuss the report’s recommendations for enhancing regulatory compliance, improving oversight, and supporting farmworker health and safety. Our goal is to stimulate policy reform discussions and collaborative efforts to better protect farmworkers from pesticide-related hazards on a federal and state level.
Speakers
BB
LB
TP
TR
ES
LP
Thursday November 14, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand A
  Occupational Safety & Health

10:00am EST

Break
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own

10:30am EST

Regulatory Changes Affecting H-2A Workers
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
2024 promises to bring important changes in the regulatory framework affecting H-2A workers. In April 2024, the Department of Labor finalized the Farmworker Protection Rule, a sweeping effort to increase worker protections and strengthen DOL's enforcement capacity in the H-2A program. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security has proposed new rules for both the H-2A and H-2B programs which would offer workers greater flexibility and improve oversight of H-2 employers. While not addressing many structural flaws of our current temporary labor visa system, these developments represent an important advancement of workers rights in the H-2A program.
Speakers
AG
LJ
CM
SR
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
  H-2A

10:30am EST

“La Abogada Esta Presente” Examining A Farmworker Medical Legal Partnership - overcoming barriers to service and improving farmworker health and wellbeing through embedded community partnerships
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
In this session, participants will learn about a Farmworker MLP started two years ago by Central West Justice Center’s Seasonal and Migrant Farmworker Unit in collaboration with “La Cliniquita” a farmworker clinic at the Baystate Brightwood Health Center in Springfield Massachusetts. This MLP is based on guidance from patients, community health workers, the workers center, and other community organizations. The partnership embeds a lawyer into the healthcare team to help patients with health harming legal needs, lead trainings for patients and providers, and advocate for policy change to eliminate systemic inequities at the state level. Participants will also learn about Legal Services of New Jersey's Workers Rights and Farmworker Project, another example of community collaboration to improve health and wellness outcomes for farmworkers. In this session we will share the models we have developed and explore the challenges, successes, and takeaways from our experiences. Participants will engage in conversations about how embedding legal services within community-based farmworker medical clinics can help eliminate barriers for farmworkers and will leave with models and key takeaways to help them think about how an MLP or similar partnership could be implemented in their own states and communities.
Speakers
KT
MM
CQ
McCann CWJC Farmworker MLP Conference Panel Proposal rev 10.4.24 docx
Thursday November 14, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
  Joint

12:00pm EST

Low Wage Worker Network Meeting
Thursday November 14, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Grand A
Thursday November 14, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
Grand A

12:00pm EST

Lunch (food trucks)
Thursday November 14, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
1st Floor, Doors by Exhibit Hall
Thursday November 14, 2024 12:00pm - 1:30pm EST
1st Floor, Doors by Exhibit Hall

1:30pm EST

Holistic Advocacy: Navigating Direct Service Work with a Focus on Clients and Advocates as Whole People
Thursday November 14, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand B
Providing high quality direct legal services in a fast-paced environment can be challenging. This presentation aims to identify challenges specific to legal service providers working with immigrant and/or low-wage workers. We will discuss the following challenges and share ethical approaches to: managing expectations, meaningful language access, and respectful client storytelling. The second half of this training will focus on providing ethical advocacy in a way that is sustainable for the advocates themselves. We will explore what it means to support staff with lived experience, define moral injury, discuss what meaningful collaboration with colleagues looks like, and create intentional, safe spaces for staff to regularly discuss emotionally challenging cases.
Speakers
PS
ET
Thursday November 14, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand B
  Joint

1:30pm EST

Challenges in Transnational Litigation - remote procedures and cross border advocacy strategies in a post-pandemic world
Thursday November 14, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand A
The workshop will go over current laws and procedural hurdles that arise when representing foreign clients in US litigation. Through a series of hypotheticals, we will highlight some common obstacles and attempt to arrive at practical solutions, drawing from the experience of our diverse group of panelists. The 8th (2024) edition of Justice in Motion’s Challenges in Transnational Litigation practice manual will be available for workshop participants. Discussion topics may include:

- Special considerations in outreach and client relationship building with farmworkers who are foreign nationals
Speakers
AB
MO
PK
AK
NS
DS
JZ
Thursday November 14, 2024 1:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Grand A
  Litigation

3:00pm EST

Break
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
on your own
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:00pm - 3:30pm EST
on your own

3:30pm EST

Misuse of Underregulated Visa Categories in Animal Agriculture
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand B
Citing labor shortages and costs associated with H-2A visas, pork producers, dairies, and other actors in the animal agriculture industry are increasingly turning to TN and J-1 visas to fill a wide range of vacancies in their production. While these programs are ostensibly limited to certain categories of professional work and cultural exchange, respectively, advocates across the country are hearing from TN and J-1 workers who are required to perform manual labor outside of the professional role promised and with no cultural exchange value. In contrast to the H-2A program, there is little government oversight of J-1 and TN programs--and the animal agriculture industry is actively lobbying for what little oversight exists to be further degraded.
Speakers
AB
HK
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST
Grand B
  Joint

3:30pm EST

Tax information for farmworkers and farmworker advocates
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:30pm - Sunday November 24, 2024 5:00pm EST
Grand A
Speakers
LB
CQ
Thursday November 14, 2024 3:30pm - Sunday November 24, 2024 5:00pm EST
Grand A
  Outreach
 
Friday, November 15
 

7:30am EST

Breakfast
Friday November 15, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function
Friday November 15, 2024 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Grand Pre-Function

8:30am EST

The Good Caretaker: How to Avoid and Resolve Ethical Issues in the Course of representing Farmworkers
Friday November 15, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand A
Speakers
ES
TT
Friday November 15, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand A
  Joint

8:30am EST

¿Nos entendemos? Idioma como herramienta para servir mejor a los trabajadores
Friday November 15, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand B
This session will be held in Spanish. We will provide a basic overview of legal concepts relevant to farmworkers, and engage participants in conversations to foster their confidence in educating Spanish-speaking workers about farmworker rights in layman's terms. For new advocates, this session will provide an overview of various farmworker rights concepts at a basic level. For more seasoned advocates, this session will provide an opportunity to sharpen their Spanish vocabulary with respect to farmworker rights concepts.
Speakers
SM
CS
Friday November 15, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EST
Grand B
  Outreach

10:00am EST

Break
Friday November 15, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own
Friday November 15, 2024 10:00am - 10:30am EST
on your own

10:30am EST

Immigration Protections for our Farmworker Community: Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement
Friday November 15, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
This panel will start with overview of labor-related immigration relief available to survivors of workplace mistreatment and abuse, such as labor trafficking, wage theft, and retaliation. Participants will gain an understanding of Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE), and how to advise potential DALE recipients as they navigate challenges related to unlawful presence, interactions with H-2A nonimmigrant status, and U- and T- visa eligibility. Then, we will discuss DALE as an organizing tool, including best methods for outreach, working with union and other organizers, and balancing organizing objectives with individual legal services. The panel will also review partnerships with law schools and volunteers to coordinate pro bono clinics. We will reflect on past experiences and look to future models to build capacity to support immigrant workers seeking to apply for DALE..
Speakers
LA
HF
LK
ZR
BE
Friday November 15, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand B
  Immigration

10:30am EST

Calculating Damages and Evaluating Remedies in Farmworker Cases
Friday November 15, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
This presentation will review remedies available in farmworker cases, including evaluating and calculating damages claims in simple and complex cases.
Speakers
BA
DM
Friday November 15, 2024 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Grand A
  Litigation
 
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