CLE: Understanding and Improving Gender Equity in the Legal Profession

06.08.2021 | 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Despite women comprising fifty percent of law school classes and forty-five percent of associate ranks, women represent only twenty percent of partners in the profession. Focusing on the attrition of women from the legal profession is one issue that must be better understood in order to have a firm and a profession that is wholly inclusive of the talent from women attorneys, enabling us to provide better client service. Attendees will learn the top reasons why women leave law firms; common biases women attorneys face with male attorneys, other women attorneys as well as the biases they experience with staff. Participants will learn various strategies to help support the retention and advancement of women attorneys. 

This session, presented by Hilarie Bass, Esq., attorney, public speaker and founder of the Bass Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, will focus on the inclusion issues faced by women attorneys in the legal profession. Afterwards, we'll announce the Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award.

Agenda

11:00 am to 12:00pm               CLE Presentation with Hilarie Bass

12:00pm to 12:15pm                Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award (non-CLE)

CLE

CO and KS have approved this program for 1.0 hour of Ethics CLE
MO has approved this program for 1.2 hours of Elimination of Bias CLE
NE has approved this program for 1 hour of Professional Responsibility CLE
Applications have been made to TX and MN and are currently pending

RSVP

Please RSVP in Zoom at this link soon, as space is limited:  https://stinsonllp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QogSXsT3T2aASy47z_B6Ag

After you complete the registration, you will receive your individual Zoom link to add to your Outlook calendar. Please be sure you are attending via Zoom and not dialing in on your telephone only. If you will be utilizing your telephone for the audio portion for the webinar, instead of using your computer speakers, please let us know what phone number you will be using, by emailing us at CLE@stinson.com. 

For questions, please contact Ruth Leonard at ruth.leonard@stinson.com.