Technology’s Impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession – Part 2

After two years of remote work, many law firms are now requiring attorneys to return to the office full-time or adopting a hybrid work model.  Returning to work in the office creates challenges for diverse attorneys, many of whom have experienced a reprieve from certain microaggressions and biases while working remotely. Attorneys with disabilities and others who have seen advances in workplace inclusion as a result of opportunities created by remote work are concerned about preserving those hard-fought gains and ensuring that, from a DEI perspective, the legal profession does not return to the way it was pre-pandemic.

In this continuation of our earlier briefing Technology’s Impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession, our expert panel will discuss:

• The challenges of return to the office and hybrid work policies for diverse attorneys (10 minutes)
• Ways in which diverse attorneys can use technology to advance their careers and create opportunities while working in the office or in a hybrid work model (15 minutes)
• The connection between ESG and DEI (10 minutes)
• How ESG can serve as a tool for preserving, and building on, the gains made by diverse attorneys while working remotely (15 minutes)
• How law firms can maximize diversity, equity, and inclusion in the evolving hybrid work model (10 minutes).

Faculty:

Tracee E. Davis

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Gail Gottehrer

Del Monte Fresh Produce Company

Barbara Graves-Poller

Corporation Counsel of the City of Kingston

Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy

Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department