(Webcast) Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias: Practice Pointers for Pro Bono Advocacy

Monday, March 8, 2022 | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

• Description
• Program Instructors
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This CLE will present a conceptual framework, concrete skills toolkit and interactive exercise intended to enhance attorney competence in pro bono advocacy, with particular attention to diversity and inclusion and the disruption of implicit biases when working with economically disadvantaged clients.

  Program Fee:
  Free For Members | $50 For Nonmembers

• Cassandra Celestin, Director of Pro Bono Initiatives, City Bar Justice Center

  Ramona Morel, Director, Consumer Bankruptcy Project, City Bar Justice Center

• 3:30 – 3:35 p.m.
  Introduction

  3:35 – 3:45 p.m.
  Diversity, Inclusion, and Pro Bono

  3:45 – 4:25 p.m.
  D&I Skills Toolkit

  4:25 – 4:30 p.m.
  Break

  4:30 – 4:55 p.m.
  Ethics Application

  4:55 – 5:00 p.m.
  Questions & Answers

• New York: 1.5 Total: 1 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias & 0.5 Ethics
  New Jersey: 1.5 Total: 1.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
  California: 1.5 Total: 1.0 Elimination of Bias & 0.5 Professional Responsibility
  Pennsylvania: 1.0 Professional Responsibility

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  City Bar Justice Center, Kurt M. Denk, Executive Director
  Office for Diversity & Inclusion, James A. Lewis, V, Executive Director

  Co-Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee, Jessica M. Klein, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Senior Director, Membership & Customer Relations | (212) 382-6685 | abein@nycbar.org