HR30: Creating a Culturally Competent Law Firm

As legal professionals, most of us have explored the concept of diversity and have begun to create inclusion in our organizations. A new trend will be taking diversity and inclusion to another realm and discussing cultural competence — an awareness of the cultural differences that makes each person unique. Cultural Competence is also the ability to interact with and appreciate belief systems that differ from your own, thereby creating a way for everyone to work cross-culturally. The goal of this presentation is to enhance the knowledge and skills of legal management professionals on how to build and maintain a multicultural law firm and become positive change agents for their workplace. This program asks you to understand and reflect on your role in promoting inclusion and building successful and effective working relationships within your organization. 

Objectives: 

• Define diversity and culture and its impact on relationships within law firms. 
• Recognize our unconscious biases and how they impact our culture and hiring decisions. 
• Review the importance of collaborative working relationships with diverse others and the benefits of diverse perspectives in problem-solving.
• Recognize the importance of infusing diversity into your law firms to achieve a more productive, respectful and cooperative work environment. 
• Develop a plan of action for becoming a change agent for diversity in our law firms and community. 

Audience: Intermediate

Other Information: 

60 Minutes  

CLM App Management Category -FS: Human Resources Management 

CPE Field of Study: Personnel/HR