2014 NCLE: What Female Lawyers Need to Know About Bias in the Workplace

What Female Lawyers Need to Know About Bias in the Workplace
What Female Lawyers Need to Know About Bias in the Workplace

Thursday, April 3
Hamann Auditorium
3:30– 5:00 p.m.
Student Lounge
5:00-6:00 p.m.

The seminar will look at gender discrimination in the legal profession, the elements of gender discrimination, changes in the law and current legal strategies; strategies and alternatives to litigation where litigation is not an option.

3:30 Historical perspective of the law and gender discrimination
Carole McMahon-Boies, Director of Judicial Branch Education and the Nebraska MCLE Commission
4:00 Current trends & strategies in litigating gender discrimination
Kathleen Neary, Vince Powers & Associates
4:30 Strategies for neutralizing gender bias in your workplace; alternatives to litigation
Kimberely Taylor-Riley, Director of Equity and Diversity for the City of Lincoln
5:00 Adjourn
5:00-6:00 Social networking

Register for this event through ROSCOE by noon April 2.