(Webcast) Being Seen in Dialogues for Diversity: A Discussion on Intersectional Feminism In the Legal Profession

Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• The program will provide a summary overview of intersectionality analysis framework applied to feminism as focused on race and gender, in the legal profession. The panel will discuss recent data and publications illustrating the experiences by women of color in spaces aimed to address diversity and inclusion within the legal field. The program will also identify roadblocks towards implementing an intersectional feminism approach in the legal profession, as well as practical ways to effect change to remove roadblocks.

  Program Fee:
  Free For Members | $50 For Nonmembers

• Jenice L. Malecki, Esq.
  Malecki Law

  Joy Stephens
  New Heights Academic & Leadership Consulting

  Professor Shirley Lin
  Brooklyn Law School

• 6:00 pm – 6:05 pm
  Introduction of Topic and Panelists

  6:05 pm – 6:15 pm
  Survey of Recent Data and Publications Illustrating the Experiences of Women of Color in Spaces Meant for the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Legal Field

  6:15 pm – 7:20 pm
  Summary Overview of Intersectionality Analysis Framework as Applied to Feminism (Race/Gender) in the Legal Profession
  Roadblocks to Intersectional Feminism Approach in the Legal Profession

  • Main expressions of Biases

  Ideas for Effecting Change to Ensure Visibility for the Lived Experiences of Women of Color

  • Bias Interrupters

   

  7:20 pm – 7:30 pm
  Q&A Session

• New York: 1.5 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  New Jersey: 1.7 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  California: 1.5 Elimination of Bias
  Pennsylvania: 1.0 Professional Responsibility
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Sponsoring Association Committees
  Civil Rights, Kevin Eli Jason & Kathleen Rubeinstein, Co-Chairs
  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Brittani R. McDonald & David Sarnoff, Co-Chairs
  Minorities in the Profession, Jade Gary and TaLona H. Holbert, Co-Chairs
  Sex & Law, Farah Diaz-Tello & Olympias Iliana Konidaris, Co-Chairs
  Small Law Firm, Anne Wolfson, Chair
  Women in the Legal Profession, Linda A. Rosenthal, Chair
  Labor & Employment, Tracey Salmon-Smith, Chair

  Co-Sponsoring Organization
  Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
  Small Law Firm Center

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org