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Date:
April 14, 2017
Start:
All day event
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Location:
CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
Event type:
Symposium

Broadly, the Symposium aims to educate lawyers and other law professionals about the value of, and best practices for, diversifying and improving access to opportunities in the legal profession for people of color and diverse backgrounds.

Therefore, the Symposium will improve its attendees’ understanding of such topics as: - the current state of diversity, and how to improve it, in professional legal practices; - implicit bias in hiring and firing decisions in the legal academy, and in public and private legal practice; - the current state of diversity, and how to improve it, in law schools; and - how to identify, understand, and combat micro- and macro-aggressions in legal academic and work environments.

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Sponsored by:
  • Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Policy

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.