Bias and stereotypes are as ubiquitous as the air that we breathe. When this bias leads to microaggressions in legal workplaces, many people are unsure what to do. During this session, Ama K. Karikari, Esq. will define bias and microaggressions while providing tools for any lawyer to become an upstander by disrupting microaggressions when they occur. The program will cover many biases surrounding race, gender, and disability, among others. This is a must-watch for lawyers wondering how to foster equity, inclusion, and accessibility in their law offices.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand implicit bias
- Identify biases and microaggressions in legal environments
- Understand what it means to be an upstander in the legal environment
- Learn tools for encouraging inclusion in the legal environment
- Introduction
- About Ama Karikari and her background in diversity and inclusion
- Intention of the program
- Belonging, community, and cross-cultural understanding
- Understanding Bias and Stereotypes
- Defining implicit vs. explicit bias
- Defining stereotypes
- Explaining stereotypes that often emerge in legal environments
- Demystifying intersectionality
- Understanding Microaggressions
- Defining microaggressions
- Defining microinsults
- Defining microinvalidations
- Reviewing common microaggressions in legal environments
- How Bias Impacts Equity in the Legal Profession
- Reviewing case studies on biased work evaluations
- Reviewing statistics on bias based on disability
- Becoming an Upstander in the Legal Environment
- Defining the bystander effect
- Reviewing factors that exacerbate and factors that mitigate the bystander effect
- Opportunities to be an upstander in the legal environment
- How to handle microaggressions when they occur
- Role-play scenarios
- Tools for creating an upstander culture
- Addressing concerns about reverse discrimination
- Conclusion & Questions & Answers
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Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Implicit Bias
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Ethics
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Difficulty: All Levels
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility
This presentation is approved for one hour of Implicit Bias CLE credit in California, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in North Carolina, and one hour of Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility CLE credit in South Carolina (all levels). This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours, of which 1.00 credit hours will apply to Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit.
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Milestales
Ama K. Karikari, Esq. is the founder of Milestales Publishing and Education Consulting and the author of The Talk: A Black Family’s Conversation about Racism and Police Brutality, Sunne’s Gift: How Sunne Overcame Bullying to Reclaim the Gift, and other best-selling books. Read More ›