Practice Basics: How To Develop Cultural Competency (10/21/20)

The Young Lawyers Section’s Racial Justice Coalition will host a Practice Basics seminar, targeted to younger lawyers, about cultural competency. The presentation will define and provide an overview of cultural competency, discuss why it is important and ethical for attorneys to develop cultural competency, and its underpinnings in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Speakers:
David Douglass, Managing Partner, SheppardMullin DC Office   
Lea Gutierrez, Director of Diversity &Inclusion/Litigation Manager, Illinois Attorney Registration &Disciplinary Commission
Mark Palmer, General Counsel, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; ISBA Board of Governors Member

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Live CBA Committee meetings and seminars will take place via Zoom webinar.  You will click on "view video" and be directly connected to the meeting/seminar on Zoom.  (You will not receive a Zoom link.)

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Chat: Open in-meeting chat, allowing you to send chat messages to and send a message to the host, panelists, and attendees (if permitted). Question & Answer: Open the Q&A window, allowing you to ask questions to the host and panelists. They can either reply back to you via text in the Q&A window or answer your question live.