Understanding And Reducing Unconscious Biases In The Legal Profession — 1 Virginia General Credit

In this important one-hour, March 24, 2022 presentation, Vida L. Thomas, Esquire explains unconscious biases. She gives helpful examples of these biases, including how they impact decisions in the legal profession. Ms. Thomas provides numerous useful suggestions for reducing attorneys' biases.

Ms. Thomas, who has practiced law for more than 25 years, is a partner in the Berkeley, CA firm of Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP. She started her career as an employment defense litigator and has advised employers on all aspects of employment law and human resources management.

Major topics include:
Defining and identifying unconscious bias in the legal field
Implicit Association Test (IAT)
Implications for law firm hiring
Forms of cognitive bias
Impacts within the legal profession
Microaggressions
What law offices can do; reducing individual biases
More

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AZ - 1 General Credit
CA - 1 Bias Elimination (Implicit Bias) Credit
CO - 1 EDI Credit, Course ID #813547, Expires 2024-12-31
CT - 1 Ethics Credit
DE - 1 Enhanced Ethics Credit, Expires 2024-03-23
FL - 1 General Credit, Course #2311602N, Expires 2025-06-30
GA - 1 General Credit, Expires 2024-12-31
IN - 1 Ethics Credit, Expires 2025-04-30
KY - 1 General Credit, Expires 2025-06-30
NV - 1 Ethics Credit, Course #79506, Expires 2025-12-31
NJ - 1.2 Diversity & Inclusion Credits
NM - 1 EP Credit
NY - 1 Diversity & Inclusion Credit for "Experienced" (nontransitional) Attorneys ONLY (attorneys seeking NY credit must ALWAYS place their orders from the New York page)
NC - 1 Ethics Credit, Expires 2025-02-28
OH - 1 Professional Conduct Credit, Expires 2024-12-31
PA - 1 Ethics Credit
TN - 1 General Credit, Expires 2024-04-18
TX - 1 Ethics Credit, Expires 2025-04-30
VT - 1 Diversity & Inclusion Credit, Expires 2024-03-23
VA - 1 General Credit, Expires 2025-10-31
WA - 1 Ethics Credit With Antibias Content - Activity ID #1204275
WV - 1.2 Bias Credits

Understanding And Reducing Unconscious Biases In The Legal Profession — 1 Virginia General Credit

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