The SDCBA’s Dialogue on Diversity program offers attendees the chance to hear from some of the industry’s leaders while earning CLE credit and networking.
This presentation will explore diversity in the legal profession through the lens of disability.
This year’s program will feature:
- A discussion on issues in the legal field of employment of people with disabilities, including strategies to address these issues.
- A presentation on stereotyping and unintentional bias as is experienced with communities of color, and how this translates for attorneys with disabilities; and
- A panel discussion on interventions and strategies to ensure fairness in the workplace for attorneys with and without disabilities.
This CLE is worth 1.0 Elimination of Bias. Register here.
Opening Remarks
Jon Streeter, Esq.
President of the State Bar of California
Featured Speaker and Panel Moderator
Paula Pearlman, Esq.
Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center
Panelists
John Edson, Esq.
Partner with McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP
Amy Vandeveld, Esq.
Private Practice Focusing on Disability Discrimination
Thank you to our event sponsors:
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This program is co-presented by:
Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego
Iranian American Bar Association
Korean American Bar Association-San Diego
Lawyers Club of San Diego
Native American Lawyers Association
Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego
San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association
South Asian Bar Association
Tom Homann LGBT Law Association