Let’s Travel to Alabama for Lessons on Diversity/Inclusion
Date: Dec 28, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $140.00
Non-Member Price: $175.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Diversity, For All Attorneys
Earn up to 2 credits, including 2.0 in Diversity! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Stuart Teicher, Esq.
- CLE Performer and Ethics Educator
Alabama is rich in civil rights history. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Birmingham for violating the states’ law against mass public demonstrations. Throughout the 1950s-60s there were critical marches in Selma and a bus boycott in Montgomery. In this intriguing and unusual program, CLE performer Stuart Teicher will explain how the events of the past help today’s lawyers promote diversity and inclusion in the practice of law.
In the first part of the program, Teicher will explain:
- How the text of Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” helps lawyers to recognize discriminatory conduct in the practice of law.
- How the story behind the letter can help lawyers improve inclusion of marginalized communities in the practice of law.
- Understanding Rule 8.4(g).
In the second part of the program, Teicher will travel to Alabama and deliver a vlog-style program on site. He’ll visit the site of Rosa Parks’ arrest and the place where the Freedom Riders were attacked with a firebomb. During the visit, he will teach:
- The difference between elimination of bias and diversity.
- The importance of lawyers delivering on what he calls, “Diversity 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5” - diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
- Steps lawyers can take to bring about inclusion and belonging in the practice of law.
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