On Monday, Oct. 19, Elon Law will webcast a webinar of the American Bar Association titled, “Diversity and Discrimination as Legal Ethics Issues.”
The webinar will be webcast by Elon Law in the law school’s library computer lab from 1 to 2:35 p.m. Members of the Elon Law community and friends in the legal profession are invited to attend. ABA members will receive 1.50 Ethics/Professionalism CLE Credit Hours at no cost.
Seating is limited. Those interested in attending should email elonlawevents@elon.edu.
Panelists include:
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Sponsors:
American Bar Association
- Center for Professional Development
- Center For Professional Responsibility
- Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity
- Commission on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
- Commission on Women In the Profession
Webinar description from the ABA:
As part of the nationwide discussion about diversity and discrimination on bases including race, national origin, gender, transgender issues, sexual orientation, and disability, the ABA and the legal profession as a whole are evaluating attendant legal ethics issues.
The ABA is considering possible amendments to Model Rule 8.4 to further clarify lawyers’ nondiscrimination obligations, and many state legal ethics codes specifically discuss lawyers’ obligations to foster nondiscrimination and diversity, taking a variety of approaches.
In this program, a panel of distinguished experts will survey the current landscape and proposals and provide a variety of perspectives in response to a series of hypotheticals reflecting difficult questions that lawyers may encounter in practice related to ethics obligations, and their relation to other law, to further nondiscrimination, diversity, and inclusion.