Available CLE Credit:    Diversity + Inclusion (1 credit), Professional Practice (2 credits), Ethics (1 credit)                 

Course Description: This discrete module is part of a 4-hour seminar is a comprehensive look at racial justice in courthouse practice, including the ethical, tactical, and strategic decisions individual practitioners are confronted with in courthouse practice and the mechanisms by which to ensure diversity and inclusion in practice.  Although the modules focus heavily on criminal and family court practice, there is a significant focus on the dynamics race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity in communication, transaction, and negotiation between counsel, between counsel and justices, and between counsel and clients.   

In a two-hour professional practice module, practitioners will learn about race, gender, and Intersectionality in the justice system, including applications of racial in/justice in the different organs of the justice system, statistics on the impact of race and racial justice interventions in the justice system, and key considerations for practitioners in representing clients.