From résumé-screening bots to personality testing, AI is changing how companies hire and manage workers – and how lawsuits are being framed. This session will highlight how neurodiverse and disabled applicants are disproportionately affected, what litigation is emerging around these practices, and how regulators are responding. You will come away prepared to advise employers on compliance strategies and to represent employees facing biased outcomes.

For the Public – When Accommodations Break Down – Navigating HR and Workplace Disputes

For employees, families, and advocates, knowing your rights isn’t enough when communication fails or HR doesn’t act. This session explores practical steps to take when accommodation requests are ignored or mishandled, how to document disputes, and how to escalate concerns inside the workplace. Real-world scenarios will highlight what works, what doesn’t, and how to minimize the personal and professional toll of unresolved conflicts.

Enforcement and Emerging Risks for Lawyers

For attorneys, this session focuses on what happens after the breakdown. You’ll learn how complaints proceed through agencies like the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state human rights commissions, what trends are shaping investigations, and how enforcement priorities are evolving. We’ll also look at new risks for employers – from cross-border reporting structures to increased scrutiny of systemic discrimination – and what lawyers should anticipate in counseling clients or pursuing claims..

Neurodiversity, Disability, and the Future of Work: What You Need to Know Now

This session explores how hidden disabilities and neurodiverse conditions are changing the landscape of employment law. You will learn how to counsel clients on when accommodations are required, what disclosure and advocacy look like in practice, and how global workplaces create new compliance challenges when U.S. standards must be reconciled with cultural and time-zone differences.

Training That Works: Building Inclusive Cultures

Compliance trainings often miss the realities of disability and neurodiversity. This session explores what effective trainings should include, how to align multinational practices with U.S. law, and how to anticipate gaps that may later drive liability. Lawyers will gain practical models to recommend to clients and insight into the strengths and weaknesses of training programs that may become central in litigation.

Managing Mental Health Accommodations: Balancing Legal Risk and Workplace Realities

Mental health accommodations are among the fastest-growing – and most contested – issues in employment law. This session gives you the tools to evaluate requests, counsel employers on balancing performance with compliance, and represent employees whose claims hinge on both impairment and reasonableness. You’ll also boost your understanding of how stigma in the workplace influences disputes and damages, equipping you to anticipate challenges before they escalate

Damages and Defenses: Proving the Real Impact of Discrimination

Damages remain the most difficult and consequential aspect of disability litigation. This session will guide you through proving psychological harm, quantifying career setbacks, and incorporating expert evidence effectively. Employer-side strategies for limiting damages will also be explored, giving you practical insight from both perspectives to strengthen your own advocacy.