6090 Avoiding Bias in the Legal Profession

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Course Description

This course is about avoiding and eliminating bias and discrimination in the legal profession. While discussing the prevention of discrimination in the workplace, Paula Weber focuses on current statistics regarding minorities and women entering the legal profession. This course reveals subtle forms of discrimination and discusses the experience of bias. Following a call to action by most major businesses in the U.S. to have diverse vendors and providers of legal services, it outlines what corporations, law firms and individuals can do to avoid bias and discrimination in the profession.
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Course Outline

Avoiding Bias in the Legal Profession

    Welcome

    I. Introduction

        A. Reflecting Diversity

        B. What We Will Cover

        C. Protected Status in the Workplace
    III. Diversity in the Profession

        A. Tracking Progress

        B. Troubling Statistics
    IV. Gender and Minority Status

        A. Trends in JDs Awarded

        B. Initial Employment
    V. Recognizing Discrimination and Bias

        A. Hypothetical 1

        B. Hypothetical 2

        C. Hypothetical 3

        D. Hypothetical 4

        E. Subtle Forms of Discrimination

        F. What Law Firms Can Do
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Language English
Course Length 0.90 hours
Duration of Access for 3 months from day of enrollment
Continuing Education Credits 1.0
Instructor Paula Weber
Vendor SmartPros Legal & Ethics, Ltd. (Read more about SmartPros Legal & Ethics, Ltd. accreditation.)
Course Certification CLE credit available, see details for each course for states where available
Prerequisites/Audience intended for attorneys and law students
Requirements/Materials Included computer with Internet access
Price: $ 119.00 (USD)
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