July 23, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM PT
Location: Webinar
This webinar will offer a timely legal and policy update on access to IVF and fertility treatments, highlighting key federal and state developments and what they mean in practice for patients, providers, and payors. The discussion will explore recent policy changes, legislative activity, and emerging trends shaping coverage, care models, and potential liability considerations in the evolving fertility landscape.
Key Topics Include:
- Trump Administration's IVF Executive Order
- State legislative efforts to expand IVF access
- Insurance coverage for fertility treatments
- "Restorative reproductive" medicine
- Evolution of Fertility Care and the Modern Patient Experience
This event is co-sponsored by WHLC and WLALA and is part of our three part Women's Reproductive Health Series.
Speakers:
- Dr. Ellen Goldstein, Co-Founder and Infertility Specialist, Beverly Hills Fertility
- Dr. Semara Ari Thomas, Fertility Specialist, Beverly Hills Fertility
- Dr. Sasha Hakman, Beverly Hills Fertility
- Carmen Jule, Special Counsel, Sheppard
- Alyanna Gallo, Associate, Sheppard
To view the recording for Part One our Women's Reproductive Health Series: Access to Contraception and Abortion Care, please click here.
Questions or to register, please contact Maricela Slota.
MCLE:
CA: This activity has been approved for 1 hour of Minimum Continuing Legal Education general credit by the State Bar of California. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.
NY: This program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1 credit hour which may be applied toward the Areas of Professional Practice requirement and is suitable for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys.
TX: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1 general credit hour.
IL: An application for accreditation of this activity will be submitted to the MCLE Board of the Supreme Court of Illinois.