Register now for CELA's 38th Annual Employment Law Conference.

Join us for two-and-a-half days of continuing education and networking for plaintiffs' employment lawyers. 

• When: From 12:30 PM on Thursday, October 23 to Saturday, October 25 at 5:00 PM
• Where: Hilton San Francisco Union Square*

2025 Conference Agenda
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The conference qualifies for 15 hours MCLE. Specialty credit offered is denoted in the panel description. CELA is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, #2292.

If you are unable to attend in person, the majority of conference sessions will be videorecorded, and will be available for purchase on demand after the conference.

*A link to book your room at CELA's discounted rate will be in your conference registration confirmation email. The deadline to make your discounted hotel reservations is Tuesday, October 7.

Registration Deadlines: "Regular" registration rates for in-person attendance ends at 3:00 pm PST on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. Thereafter, "walk-in" registration will be available online and in-person registration begins starting on Thursday, October 23, at 10:30 am PST at the Hilton San Francisco. Walk-in registrations will require extra processing time. Please plan to wait.  NO 1-DAY OR PARTIAL REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE. 

Conference Admission Requirements for CELA Associate Members and Non-CELA Members: The conference is exclusively for attorneys representing workers. You MUST complete the declaration to attend the conference. Full-time attorney mediators/arbitrators, law school professors, law students, and paralegals, are exempt from conference admission requirements. 

Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities

Exhibitor tables are sold out. However, sponsorships do include an exhibitor table. For more information, please contact Communications and Marketing Manager Rhea Borja at rhea@cela.org.

Interested in Joining CELA?

Attorneys and law students click HERE for membership offers with your conference registration.

FAIR Fundraiser

Information and tickets for FAIR's Annual Fundraiser on Friday, October 24, 2025, at Hawthorn SF Nightclub can be found at FAIR Fundraiser 2025.

CELA Event Harassment Policy

All CELA event participants, including attendees, media, speakers, contractors, partners, sponsors, exhibitor personnel and guests of attendees are expected to follow this policy in all venues throughout CELA events.

CELA Education/Conference Committee

Scott Tillett, Chair
Rachel Terp, Vice-Chair
Members: Cristal Cabrera, Adrianne De Castro, Hugo Gámez, Patrice Goldman, Ginger Grimes, Matthew Helland, Sonya Mehta, Sandra Muñoz, Samuel Nielson, Brandon Ruiz, Kevin Schwin, and Monali Sheth.

CELA THANKS ITS CONFERENCE SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

LUMINARY SPONSOR

333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

• Attendee Substitutions: All attendee substitutions must be cleared/approved through the CELA administrative office first. Contact info@cela.org. No attendee substitution requests will be approved after October 16, 2025.  Additional registration fees may apply.
• There are no 1-day or partial registrations available.
• NO REFUNDS OR CANCELLATIONS.