Times of crisis induce fear, frustration and anger. They also result in heightened levels of expressions of bias and discrimination, typically directed against marginalized groups. During the pandemic, anti-Asian/anti-immigrant violence and hate crimes have surged, and discrimination against racial minorities seeking health care were an undercurrent to reports of daily infection and death rates. And while fears of African Americans are part of a four-century history of anti-Black bias in this country, racial minorities were often the groups who, by virtue of their marginalization, found themselves incentivized to take on some of the more dangerous work during the pandemic: health care providers, cleaning and sanitation crews, and delivery and transport workers. As lawyers and legal professionals, we may feel somewhat removed, perhaps even protected, from that. But should we? As a profession, how do we recognize and respond to bias or discrimination arising from concerns about the pandemic, including identifying possible new ways that they might manifest in the current environment? How do we begin to prepare for the effects of that bias or discrimination once life begins to return to something resembling the pre-pandemic normal? 

Objectives: 

• Illustrate how to recognize and respond to bias and discrimination 
• Explain how bias and discrimination may manifest in the current environment 
• Identify possible effects of bias and discrimination once we return to the pre-pandemic normal. 

Other Information: 

Educational Category: Human Resources Management 

60 Minutes 

Audience: Essentials 

CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management 

CLM Recertification Eligible: Yes 

HRCI: General Credit 

SHRM: Relationship Management 

SHRM Learning Format: Instructor-Led Activity 

CLE: Recognition and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession and Society 

CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR CPE 

Audience: Basic 

CPE Credit Eligible: 1 

CPE Prerequisites: None 

CPE Advanced Preparation: None 

Group Live - Presented Online Due to COVID-19

This course reviews the foundations and tenants of ethics. Historical and contemporary schools of ethics are examined, and ethical decision-making and behaviors are reviewed. Ethics as a component of leadership is also addressed, and several frameworks to address ethical decisions and dilemmas are presented.

Ethics in the legal profession is typically focused on lawyers, but applies equally to all staff and paraprofessionals in all settings — in law firms, corporate settings and the judicial branch. No organization, regardless of size or setting, is exempt from obligations of ethical behavior.

Read the article in Legal Management magazine here. Then, purchase access to the quiz: members pay $49; nonmembers pay $69.

Learning Objectives

1. Define ethics and its importance.
2. Describe several systems of ethical thought.
3. Identify how ethics are formed at individual and organizational levels.
4. Apply the importance of ethics to professions and codes of ethics.
5. Identify and describe a framework for ethical decision making and ethical dilemmas.
6. Provide suggestions for development of organizational ethics.

Members and nonmembers can read the article in Legal Management magazine, then log in to take a test. If you pass with at least 70 percent, you will earn one CE credit hour. 

1 Hour
SHRM: Ethical Practice
CLE: Law Practice Management
HRCI: General Credit
CLM App Credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of Legal Industry/Business Management (LI) toward the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application.
CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of ethics.

The goal of this presentation is to enhance knowledge and skills for building and maintaining a multicultural organization and becoming positive change agents for our workplaces. This program asks participants to understand and reflect on their role as a leader responsible for promoting inclusion and building successful and effective working relationships within our organizations. 

Objectives

• Illustrate and recognize the unique challenges that the legal industry faces when it comes to diversity and inclusion. 
• Define diversity and culture and its impact on relationships within our organizations. 
• Demonstrate the importance of collaborative working relationships with diverse colleagues and the benefits of diverse perspectives in problem-solving. 
• Recognize the importance of infusing diversity and inclusion into our organizations to achieve a more productive, respectful and cooperative work environment. 
• Develop a plan of action for becoming a change agent for diversity and inclusion within our organizations. 

Audience: Intermediate 

$29 for members and $79 for nonmembers

60 Minutes 

CLM® Application Credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of Human Resources Management (HR) towards the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application. 

CLM® Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Human Resources Management (HR) 

HRCI: General Credit 

SHRM: Communications 

CLE: Recognition of Bias