PART 1 | Gender Pronoun Training
This introductory course, led by SOGI Commission Director Skip Harsch, is designed to help participants explore sexual orientation and gender identity, and to identify ways to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar Series
Our Section is committed to the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). As the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, we wish to lead the way on these issues. To that end we have committed to conducting training sessions for our members at each of our Quarterly Meetings throughout the 2021-2022 bar year. This four-part DEI training series covers the use of pronouns, microaggressions, implicit bias, and accommodation of disabilities. Please view these trainings and join with us in our efforts to promoted DEI principles.
PART 2 | Eliminating Bias: Microaggressions and the Legal Profession
This introductory course, led by certified diversity professional Melissa A. Little, is designed to help participants define and explore the concept of microaggressions and their impact on recipients.
PART 3 | Implicit Bias
Held on April 13 during the virtual portion of CRSJ's Spring Meeting, the third iteration in the four-part DEI Training Series focuses on implicit bias and is led by Sarah Redfield, Professor Emerita at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Her research and scholarship are focused on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and along the education pipeline. Her current work continues her long-standing interest in Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion and concentrates on implicit bias and on strategies to interrupt that bias and reduce the negative consequences of its manifestations in legal, medical, education, and workplace environments.
PART 4 | Disability Accommodations
The fourth and final training is on disability accommodation, held on August 5 during the ABA Annual Meeting, was led by CRSJ Disability Rights Committee Co-Chair and CRSJ Liaison to the Commission on Disability Rights Robert D. Dinerstein.
Diversity and Inclusion Center
The ABA Diversity and Inclusion Center promotes collaboration, coordination, and communication to advance ABA Goal III – to eliminate bias and enhance diversity and inclusion throughout the Association, legal profession, and justice system.
Upcoming Programs
In order to serve and provide resources to our Section members, the greater ABA, and the general public, the ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice presents a variety of webinars highlighting critical legal issues of civil liberties, human rights, and social justice.