Program Details
2025-02-05 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-02-05 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session explores the foundations of professionalism and civility in legal practice, examining how unconscious bias impacts attorneys from marginalized groups. Participants will learn to assess personal biases through practical exercises and understand key professional conduct rules including 8.4(d) and 8.4(g) that address discrimination and harassment.
Cari L. Sheehan
Chipo C. Nyambuya 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTA short intermission between sessions allowing participants to refresh before continuing with the program.
Cari L. SheehanChipo C. Nyambuya 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis session moves beyond compliance to explore genuine inclusion strategies, examining power dynamics, microaggressions, and the distinction between tokenism and authentic representation. Attendees will also explore the intersection of artificial intelligence with ARCDEI+ themes, addressing how algorithmic bias may impact equity in legal practice.
Cari L. SheehanChipo C. NyambuyaCari L. Sheehan’s primary research focus is the ethics of artificial intelligence and its effect on the legal and business communities. As Assistant General Counsel at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Indianapolis, she counsels the firm’s attorneys on ethics compliance, risk prevention, and conflicts of interest, and helps train the firm’s attorneys and staff on their ethical obligations.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CZL P.C., leading Legal Services. She is a highly respected corporate counsel, legal consultant, and leader in corporate social responsibility development with twenty-six years of cross-sector experience as a lawyer and policy advisor.
Cari L. Sheehan’s primary research focus is the ethics of artificial intelligence and its effect on the legal and business communities. As Assistant General Counsel at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Indianapolis, she counsels the firm’s attorneys on ethics compliance, risk prevention, and conflicts of interest, and helps train the firm’s attorneys and staff on their ethical obligations.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CZL P.C., leading Legal Services. She is a highly respected corporate counsel, legal consultant, and leader in corporate social responsibility development with twenty-six years of cross-sector experience as a lawyer and policy advisor.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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