Diversity and Inclusion Signatories Meeting (CDC181002)

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)

CBA Law Center

30 Bank Street, New Britain, Connecticut, United States

9 people have already registered for this event.

  • Enelsa Diaz
  • John Lynch
  • Angela Robinson
  • Keith Soressi
  • Alan Lieberman
  • Kevin Shay
  • Vincent Pace
  • Mirella Giambalvo
  • Tanya Hughes
Meeting Agenda

  1. Welcome and introduce any new signatories
  2. Introductions
  3. Diversity & Inclusion 2018 Summit Update
  4. Moderated Round Table Discussion on Bias Impact on Recruitment/Retention
  5. Discuss content of ABA/MCAA Interrupting Bias Report - Please review report prior to meeting. Report is here: http://www.abajournal.com/files/Bias_interrupters_report-compressed.pdf
  6. Share examples where we have seen bias occur in Connecticut's legal profession
  7. Discuss how content of report is also applicable to other categorizations of lawyers, such as sexual orientation, gender norms, disabilities, etc.
  8. Discuss and brain storm how we can combat these biases to make sure it doesn't happen or has little impact on our ability to recruit/retain
  9. New Business



Contact

Member Service Center
Email: msc@ctbar.org
Phone: 860-223-4400