How to Interrupt Your Unconscious Biases and Make Better Decisions 

When

Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 12:45 PM to 2:30 PM EST
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Where

Online Live Webinar 
 

Our Speaker

Kathleen Nalty is a nationally recognized expert in strategies for creating cultures of inclusion to retain and advance diverse talent. Kathleen is a lawyer, author, and consultant who helps legal organizations advance diversity and inclusion. She has received multiple awards for her groundbreaking work in diversity and inclusion. Kathleen currently works with a wide variety of organizations, including law firms, corporations, and government organizations. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law School where she teaches a course on diversity and inclusion. In 2019 she published the second edition of “Going All-In on Diversity & Inclusion: The Law Firm Leaders’ Playbook.” Previously, Kathleen founded the Center for Legal Inclusiveness (CLI) in Denver, Colorado, and led the nonprofit as its Executive Director for over five years. Kathleen earned her J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School.  Early in her legal career, she worked as a federal civil rights prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC where she prosecuted hate crimes, slavery, and police brutality cases.

Questions? Contact:

Veronica Tollefson 
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio 
513-977-4011 
veronica@pbpohio.org 

Professionalism CLE: FREE for PBPO Volunteers!

Join PBPO  for our annual professionalism CLE as we continue our conversation on promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession with a focus on strategies to interrupt even those unconscious thoughts that can influence decision-making and can have a profound impact in the workplace and in our communities.

Despite our best intentions, research shows we all have it – unconscious, unintentional bias. Unconscious attitudes and beliefs are shaped by all kinds of influences – some of which we would not agree with or accept on a conscious level. Yet, these unconscious thoughts influence decision-making and can have a profound impact in the workplace as well as people’s relationships and dealings with clients, opposing counsel, witnesses, and judges. The key is to learn how to recognize your own unconscious biases as well as practical ways to interrupt them.

PBPO is thrilled to welcome Kathleen Nalty, a nationally recognized expert in strategies for creating cultures of inclusion to retain and advance diverse talent. Author of Going “All In” on Diversity and Inclusion: The Law Firm Leader’s Playbook, Kathleen specializes in helping organizations identify systemic issues that cause higher attrition rates for people in already underrepresented group.

In this interactive session, attendees will engage in a competitive game and visualization exercise, as well as create their own personal action plans to interrupt unconscious bias.

Agenda:
12:30  – 12:45 p.m. Webinar Login and Welcome
12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. CLE Program

Speakers: 
Tara Burke, Esq. Jackson Lewis P.C.
Erin Childs, Esq., Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio
Kathleen B. Nalty, JD, Kathleen Nalty Consulting, LLC

CLE Credit: 
1.5 hours of Ohio Professional Conduct CLE Credit, pending approval

Cost: 
Free for 2020 PBPO Volunteer / Future PBPO Volunteer* |  Non-PBPO Volunteer: $25.00 
 *Attorneys who commit to taking at least one project in 2021

Registration: Advance registration is required to receive the webinar link. Please register by Wednesday, November 4.

Presented by: Grow PBPO, an advisory board, works closely with the PBPO Board of Directors to support the mission of PBPO.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  

Registration, Lunch, and Networking

 

12:00 – 12:15 p.m.

Megan Glowacki – Welcome

Erin Childs, Esq. – Introduction to PBPO and how lawyers can fulfill their professional commitments by providing legal services to charitable organizations that may not be able to otherwise pay for legal services and promote diversity and inclusion in our community. 

 

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 

Tara Burke, Esq., Jackson Lewis P.C.

Robin Shabazz, Esq., The Eastledge Group LLC

 

-        Diversity and inclusion and the difference between the two;

-        The business case for diversity and inclusion in law firms and legal departments;

-        Explanation of how unconscious bias undermines diversity and inclusion with a discussion of the theory and types of unconscious biases (e.g., the differences between affinity and confirmation biases) with practical examples;

-        Discussion of the legal implications and risks;

-        Strategies for interrupting unconscious biases in the legal profession.

 

1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Megan Glowacki will highlight the work of a local nonprofit client and the impact delivered by PBPO attorney volunteers.

 

Speakers:

Tara Burke, Esq. okokok, Jackson Lewis P.C.Robin Shabazz, Esq., The Eastledge Group LLC

Erin Childs, Esq., Executive Director, Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio

Megan Glowacki, Esq., Thompson Hine LLP