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• A Fly on the Wall: A Moderated Conversation Among Trans Leaders in the Law

  • When
    21 Oct 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  Trans people are people. To hear some anti-trans activists, they miss that point completely. Too often the trans community is demonized into monsters or, if possible, worse. There are too many misperceptions, misunderstandings, myths, and outright lies about trans people that are too readily shared. Sadly, many of these are perpetuated by community and government leaders and public officials who ought to know better. And, perhaps it is because trans people are people, those who are not trans may not appreciate the ramifications: prejudice, discrimination, and constant fear of physical danger with which no one should have to live.

  Please join us for a moderated conversation with some trans rock star lawyers for a candid discussion about being trans, the trans community, trans lawyers, and how we can foster greater and more meaningful allyship with, and inclusion of, the trans community within the legal profession.
  

  Speakers:

  • Kylar W. Broadus, Attorney at Law, LLC

  • Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights

  • Rachel V. See (moderator), Senior Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

  
  

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  The program is being offered free of charge to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.
  

  The program is open to the public.

  Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

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• Including People with Disabilities in the Legal Profession: Moving Beyond Aspiration to Reality

  • When
    30 Oct 2024
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    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  Employers throughout the legal profession have expressed their support for greater diversity and inclusion. That intent has included avowals of a desire to include people with disabilities. Still, disaggregated data about diversity in the legal profession persistently reveals an infinitesimal number of people with disabilities. Granted, not all disabilities are visible. And not everyone chooses to disclose a disability to an employer. But given the number of people in the general population who are estimated to have disabilities, might the miniscule numbers also reflect biases against people with disabilities coupled with barriers to the inclusion of people with disabilities that people with little or no familiarity with different kinds of disabilities do not recognize or anticipate? For those individuals and employers who recognize the potential talent pool they are missing by not better including those with disabilities and those who genuinely desire to include disabilities in their inclusion efforts, this program is for you!

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  The program is being offered free of charge to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.
  

  The program is open to the public.

  Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

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• Native Americans and the Federal Judiciary

  • When
    14 Nov 2024
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    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Webinar

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  Native Americans (American Indians) are the only race or culture specifically mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Congress created an entire Title in the United States Code dedicated to “Indians” 25 U.S.C. The Supreme Court has developed a vast body of law defining the terms “Indians” and “Tribes”. Since 1810 no other group or issue has been presented before the Supreme Court than Native American issues. Nevertheless, there have been few Native Americans serving as Article III judges. Would a Native American on the federal bench earlier or in greater numbers have influenced or changed the outcomes of pivotal Indian law cases? What are the barriers Native Americans face in reaching the federal bench that might be different from other groups? How might the low numbers of Native American federal judges impact students needing role models and the admissions numbers of Native Americans to law school?
  

  Please join us for a discussion and analysis of these questions with several sitting federal judges of Native American ancestry about Native American presence in the U.S. federal courts.
  

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  The program is being offered free of charge to all lawyers and staff for IILP’s Visionary Partners, Partners, and Allies. Unsure if your firm/company supports IILP? Find out here.
  

  The program is open to the public.

  Questions/Contact: info@theiilp.com.

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