CLEonline.com is pleased to present this unique online CLE seminar on professional responsibility topic that all lawyers need to be cognizant of in their respective practices. This seminar will discuss various issues of gender and other types of bias as they relate to the legal profession. This seminar is entitled:

Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession

** (available at any time of the day or night and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **

This seminar also features an audio presentation by the instructor/moderator for this seminar, Professor David Hricik, in which he discusses the issues outlined below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar. The audio presentation lasts for approximately 1.0 hour.

Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:

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1. A Preliminary Note About Language, Terminology, and Political Correctness
   
   
2. The Disparities Between General and Lawyer Demographics
   1. Women
   2. Minorities
      
      
3. The Continued Unequal Distribution of Power and Influence
   1. Women
   2. Minorities
      
      
4. Gender and Family-Role Issues
   1. Family Friendly Firms?
   2. Judicial Bias Against Women and Minorities
      
      
5. Bias is Bad Business, and Bad for the Profession as a Whole
   1. Discrimination is Counterproductive
   2. Diversity Improves Morale
   3. Bias Harms the Professional Image
      
      
6. Client-Driven Initiatives
   
   
7. Law-Firm Initiatives
   1. Hiring Goals
   2. Enhanced Recruitment Efforts
   3. Improved Interviewing Techniques
   4. Improving Retention and Promotion After Hiring
   5. Diversity Through Pro Bono or Other Initiatives
   6. A Model Diversity Program - Some Elements
      
      
8. Bar Initiatives
   1. Initiatives Directed at Lawyers
   2. Initiatives Directed at and Taken by Judges
      
      
9. Personal Initiatives
   
   
10. The Minority Responsibility
    
    
11. Moving Beyond Women and Persons of Color
    1. Gay and Lesbian Attorneys
    2. Attorneys with Disabilities
    3. Other Groups
       
       
12. Controversies of Anti-Bias Initiatives
    1. Good Moral Character in Admissions
    2. Anti-Bias CLE Requirements
    3. Disciplinary Rules Proscribing Bias or Prejudice

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The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:

Mr. David Hricik, who is an attorney and an assistant professor of law. After practicing as a litigator with the Houston law firms of Baker Botts, Slusser & Frost, and then Yetter & Warden for 14 years, David Hricik became an Assistant Professor of Law with Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia. While in private practice, he focused on complex civil litigation, patent litigation, malpractice defense, and ethics consulting. He has written and spoken extensively on legal ethics, professionalism, and intellectual property. He is the 2002-03 Chair of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association, and was a member of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the State Bar of Texas from 1997-2002.

The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $25.

This seminar is accredited for 1.0 hour of participatory CLE credit (all in the area of legal ethics and professional responsibility) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas. This seminar satisfies the specific requirement in California for one (1) hour in training related to the elimination of bias in the legal profession. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)