Supporting Diverse and Inclusive Legal Workplaces 2023

Why You Should Attend

This timely program will provide strategies to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the legal profession. Disability rights and affirmative action, two critical areas affecting DEI in the workplace, will be covered. Our experienced panelists of attorneys, consultants, and other DEI professionals will explore disability rights in the legal workplace and the impact of the recent affirmative action Supreme Court decision on workplace DEI.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand and promote disability rights in the legal profession
• Be aware of the impact of the recent affirmative action Supreme Court decision on workplace DEI
• Recognize effective DEI training approaches

Who Should Attend

Attorneys and allied professionals of all levels who are looking to increase their knowledge and tools to support a diverse and inclusive work environment in the legal profession should attend.

Special Features

• Hear Featured Speaker Tanya K. Hernández, Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law, Fordham Law, address critical race theory and workplace DEI in the shadow of anti-affirmative action
• Earn up to 3.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias credits depending on your jurisdiction. Please confirm approval for your jurisdiction in the credit information section.

Program Level: Overview

Prerequisites: Attorneys and allied professionals of all levels who are looking to increase their knowledge of tools that support a diverse and inclusive work environment in the legal profession should attend.

Advanced Prep: None

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

• Opening Remarks* [00:06:42]
  Brande Stellings, Sheila S. Boston
• Understanding and Promoting Disability Rights in the Legal Profession [01:20:31]
  Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter (Ret.), Jennifer J. Monthie, Sheila S. Boston, Marsheila J. Hayes, MPS
• Critical Race Theory and Workplace Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in the Shadow of Anti-Affirmative Action* [00:19:05]
  Tanya K. Hernández
• The Impact of Supreme Court Decision on Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion [01:14:42]
  Tanya K. Hernández, Liza M. Velazquez, Vincent T. Chang, Roger A. Blissett, Brande Stellings

Presentation Material

• 1. Understanding and Promoting Disability Rights in the Legal Profession (Polling Questions)
  Sheila S. Boston
• Chapter 1: Understanding and Promoting Disability Rights in the Legal Profession (PowerPoint Slides) (October 2023)
  Sheila S. Boston, Marsheila J. Hayes, MPS, Jennifer J. Monthie, Hon. Rosalyn H. Richter (Ret.)
• Chapter 2: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Enforcement Guidance on Disability-Related Inquiries and Medical Examinations of Employees under the ADA (July 27, 2000)
  
• Chapter 3: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Accommodations for Employees with Mental Health Conditions
  Sheila S. Boston
• Chapter 4: New York State Unified Court System, About the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
  
• Chapter 5: New York State Unified Court System, ADA Accommodation Request Process
  
• Chapter 6: New York State Unified Court System, Language Access & Court Interpreters
  
• Chapter 7: Can CRT Save DEI?: Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Shadow of Anti-Affirmative Action
  Tanya K. Hernández
• 2. The Impact of Supreme Court Decisions on Workplace Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Polling Questions)
  Brande Stellings
• Chapter 10: State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Letter to Fortune 100 CEOs (July 19, 2023)
  
• Chapter 8: Report and Recommendations of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Advancing Diversity (September 2023)
  
• Chapter 9: Austin Knudsen, Attorney General for the State of Montana, Letter to Managing Partners, Chairs, and CEOs of American Lawyer (AmLaw) 100 Firms (August 29, 2023)
  

Why You Should Attend

This timely program will provide strategies to support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the legal profession. Disability rights and affirmative action, two critical areas affecting DEI in the workplace, will be covered. Our experienced panelists of attorneys, consultants, and other DEI professionals will explore disability rights in the legal workplace and the impact of the recent affirmative action Supreme Court decision on workplace DEI.

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand and promote disability rights in the legal profession
• Be aware of the impact of the recent affirmative action Supreme Court decision on workplace DEI
• Recognize effective DEI training approaches

Who Should Attend

Attorneys and allied professionals of all levels who are looking to increase their knowledge and tools to support a diverse and inclusive work environment in the legal profession should attend.

Special Features

• Hear Featured Speaker Tanya K. Hernández, Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law, Fordham Law, address critical race theory and workplace DEI in the shadow of anti-affirmative action
• Earn up to 3.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias credits depending on your jurisdiction. Please confirm approval for your jurisdiction in the credit information section.

Program Level: Overview

Prerequisites: Attorneys and allied professionals of all levels who are looking to increase their knowledge of tools that support a diverse and inclusive work environment in the legal profession should attend.

Advanced Prep: None