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About the Program
The legal profession has long committed itself to achieving greater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). We have made progress in recent years in Connecticut, but still have much work to do in order to achieve a meaningfully diverse, inclusive, and equitable profession. During this plenary session at the Federal Tax Institute, attendees will be presented with demographic data on the diversity of the legal profession in Connecticut, as well as the diversity of our future, as represented in demographic shifts in law schools. The presenters will discuss the long and recent history of the Connecticut legal profession’s efforts to achieve meaningful DE&I, as well as the present-day context and imperative for continuing those efforts. The presenters will address common obstacles, pitfalls, and misconceptions that arise in the pursuit of organizational DE&I. Attendees will receive practical tips and suggestions, which may be tailored to organizational size and resources, towards more sustained and strategic DE&I initiatives for the future.
You Will Learn
- Demographic data on the diversity of the legal profession in Connecticut
- History of the Connecticut legal profession’s efforts to achieve meaningful DE&I
- Common obstacles, pitfalls, and misconceptions that arise in the pursuit of organizational DE&I
- Practical tips and suggestions, which may be tailored to organizational size and resources, towards more sustained and strategic
- DE&I initiatives for the future
Credits
CT: 1.0 CLE Credit (Ethics) / NY: 1.0 CLE Credit (DE&I)
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for non-transitional CLE credits.
Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, or a fully interactive videoconference. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information about transitional and non-transitional courses, please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml.
Financial hardship information is available upon request.