2025 Consumer Rights Litigation Conference & Class Action Symposium – Conference Safety

NCLC and NACA are committed to ensuring everyone’s safety. Our conference staff is in close contact with hotel staff and security, and will inform conference attendees of any concerning activity in or near the hotel.

NCLC and NACA require all registered attendees, staff, speakers, and sponsors/exhibitors to wear their conference name badge at all official conference events, including breakout sessions, on-site meals, breaks, and receptions in the conference hotel, and at off-site events. Anyone not wearing a name badge will be asked to do so or leave the conference space. If someone is present without a conference name badge, please alert NCLC and NACA staff at the registration desk.

To ensure everyone can speak freely during the conference, NCLC and NACA also have a strict no-recording policy during conference sessions.  If you see anyone with a recording device other than the official conference photographer/videographer, please alert NCLC and NACA staff at the registration desk.

In light of National Guard and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Washington, DC this year, we share the following information and resources: 

ACLU District of Columbia’s Know Your Rights: The ACLU-D.C. has easy-to-use resources of “Know Your Rights” materials to help residents understand their rights and react effectively when their rights are under threat.

ACLU-D.C. – Immigrants’ Rights in Interactions with Law Enforcement: Find out what to do if local or federal law enforcement officers stop or question you. This resource explains your constitutional rights, regardless of your immigration status, in D.C.

ACLU—What to Do If Questioned about Your Immigration Status: Learn how to respond if law enforcement or ICE officers ask about your status. Know what documents you do (and don’t) have to provide.

Free DC Project Know Your Rights: (with resources from the National Lawyers Guild) 

Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia—Defending Our Immigrant Community: Explains local efforts to protect immigrants’ rights and provides legal and policy guidelines specific to the District of Columbia.

District of Columbia Latino Caucus Resources: This page serves as a hub for reliable and up-to-date immigration resources, including legal assistance, materials on knowing your rights, and guidance on what to do in the event of an ICE raid. 

Gun safety at hotel:  The Washington Hilton has a strict no weapons policy for all guests at the hotel and its events. Only on-duty law enforcement officers are allowed to be armed. 

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low: Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.