Bias Across the Bar
$74.99
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1.00 General
Practice Areas:
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Law Practice Management, Skills Training
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About
This Course
Even the most skilled attorneys are not immune to bias. This program explores how implicit and explicit biases shape judgement, strategy, credibility, and case outcomes across all levels of legal practice. Attendees will gain practical, research-informed tools to recognize bias blind spots, strengthen decision-making, and enhance professional credibility in law firms and courtrooms alike.
Topics
- How implicit and explicit biases influence attorneys' judgement, strategy, client counseling and case outcomes
- Role-specific biases faced by junior associates, senior associates, partners, litigators, and transactional attorneys
- How bias affects credibility, courtroom performance, and team dynamics
- Practical strategies to identify, interrupt, and mitigate bias in everyday legal practice
About the Presenters
Jon-Patrick Jones, Esq.
Seifert Zuromski
Practice Area: Real Estate (+ 1 other areas)
Jon-Patrick (J.P.) Jones is an associate at Seifert Zuromski LLP who works on matters across the firm’s practice areas. Mr. Jones has experience in a wide variety of real estate and business cases in both federal and state court including commercial lease disputes, partnership disputes, construction defects, boundary-line disputes, and various other matters.Mr. Jones earned his law degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law. While there, he participated in several activities to develop and refine his litigation skillset including the Honors Moot Court Internal Competition as well as the California Lawyers Association Negotiation Competition. Mr. Jones also received ...
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Matthew Cahill
Percipio Company
Practice Area: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (+ 2 other areas)
The Percipio Company is led by Matthew Cahill. If you have a brain, you have bias® is the belief that the Percipio Company builds upon. Included in this process is the identification of hidden, and sometimes not-so-hidden, biases that impact company performance. He takes an introspective, self-reflective approach to move organizations from bias to belonging® and coach organizational leaders to reduce mental mistakes, strengthen employee relationships, and increase productivity. Matthew has demonstrated success with large clients like LinkedIn, Salesforce and dozens of small to mid-size companies looking to mitigate how the wide range of cognitive, social and institutional biases are ...
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