Premier Employment Law Conference, March 19-21, 2025 | Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada

Reserve your spot now for LEAP 2025 and get answers to your employment law challenges.

Get the answers you need to all your employment law questions and more at LEAP 2025, which will take place March 19-21 in person at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino. The annual labor law conference is poised to tackle the most important employment law challenges.

We’ll cover a wide range of vital topics and government initiatives that will affect your business. These include:

- Harassment claims and investigations
- Incivility and employee expression
- Handling ADA accommodations and leave management
- Unpacking recent Supreme Court decisions
- What keeps HR up at night and how to ease your headaches
- Pregnancy accommodations and discrimination
- Pay equity and pay data reporting
- Thursday lunch keynote: Understanding and Utilizing Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety to Create a Culture of Care
- Labor relations and changing NLRB regulations

This premier employment law conference, now in its 21st year, is aimed at human resources professionals. Ideal for public-sector, private or government employees, and for anyone who needs a better understanding of labor laws, the 2025 LEAP annual conference has you covered. Speakers include the foremost employment law attorneys from the most recognized law firms, including Ogletree, Littler, Foley, Baker Botts and more. These attorneys practice employment law every day and are ready to pass on their legal expertise as it relates to human resources professionals.

Employment law training that fits your needs

LEAP 2025 officially kicks off at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19 and ends at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21.

All sessions are related to employment law and offer SHRM or HRCI credits.

Come early to attend advance show sessions on Wednesday morning starting at 8:30 a.m.

If you choose only one employment law conference, choose LEAP. We are the employment law experts and know you will receive valuable insights and takeaways from the 30+ sessions offered.

LEAP 2025 speakers

Joe Beachboard
Beachboard Consulting Group

Brian Bradford
Las Vegas Sands

Richard Brann
Baker Botts

Larry Bridgesmith
Guardrail Technologies

C.B. Burns
Kemp Smith

Brian Chan
Stout

Joseph Clees
Ogletree Deakins

Anniken Davenport
HR Employment Law Advisor

Dr. Dennis Davis
Ogletree Deakins

John Doran
Taft Law

Kim Doud
Littler

Kate Duffy
Kate Duffy Consulting

Christian Gabroy
Gabroy Messer

Dan Gallipeau
Dispute Dynamics

Greg Guidry
Ogletree Deakins

Kirsten Hallmark
Baker Botts

Charles High
Kemp Smith

Carrie Hoffman
Foley & Lardner

Amanda Jones
Cades Schutte

Dave Powell Jr.
Garnett Legal Group

Dan Kaplan
Foley & Lardner

Zach Lewis
Stout

Hilary McClain
Modern Management

Sandy McDonough
Quarles

Travis Meis
Stout

Philip Miscimarra
Morgan Lewis & Bockius

Mekesha Montgomery
Frost Brown Todd

Patrick Morrison
Marsh McClellan Agency

Scott Nelson
Baker Botts

Michael O'Brien
Parsons Behle & Latimer

Richard Paul
Quarles

Kathy Perkins
Kathy Perkins LLC Workplace Law

Fred Plevin
Quarles

James Plunkett
Ogletree Deakins

Paul Prather
Littler

Julius Rhodes
mpr group

David Rittof
Modern Management

Dana Salmonson
UNFI

Jennifer Shaw
Shaw Law Group

Chris Thomas
Holland & Hart

Mark Tolman
Parsons Behle & Latimer

Jennifer Trulock
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

Paul White
Residential Economics

Thank you to our LEAP 2025 sponsors

Serve as a 2025 sponsor

Email us to ask about sponsorship opportunities. Sponsorship is a great way to get in front of human resources professionals looking for guidance in the latest employment law topics.

At the LEAP 2025 Employment Law Conference, get ready to be:

EDUCATED

Get educated on current and upcoming employment laws by the nation’s leading employment lawyers, who are experienced and well-versed in the challenges human resources professionals face.

CHALLENGED

Join several breakout sessions, pre-conference workshops and post-conference workshop sessions that address diverse employment law topics challenging human resources professionals today.

TRANSFORMED

Explore strategies and concepts directly from experts that will transform human resources problems into solutions. Through intimate and engaging presentations, prepare to learn what’s coming in employment law in 2025.

Conference countdown starts now for LEAP 2025!

Participants will receive a full refund (minus a $150 processing fee) if cancellation is received by February 28, 2025. Cancellations received from March 1, 2025 through March 7, 2025 are nonrefundable but can be transferred to the LEAP 2026 conference or an alternate may attend in place of the original registrant. Cancellations on or after March 8, 2025 are nonrefundable and transfers are not permitted.

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Earn up to 22 SHRM and HRCI credit hours

Business Management Daily is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

This Program has been pre-approved for 22 HR (General) credit hours toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).

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