Understanding and Leveraging Neurodiversity in the Legal Profession
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | 9:00 am - 10:45 am
This program is part of the 2026 Professional Development Workshop Series – for more information on the Series, view the brochure here 2026 Professional Development Workshop Series.
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Free for New York City Bar Members & Attorneys from Sponsoring Law Firms*
Attorneys from sponsoring law firms: To ensure your free registration, please register using your law firm email address.
Format: Webinar
Description:
Ever wonder why some colleagues thrive in chaos while others can’t function without color-coded spreadsheets? Or why one person’s “productive morning” starts at 5 a.m. and another’s begins just after midnight? Join us for a lively and refreshingly honest discussion about neurodiversity — the natural variation in how human brains process information — within law firms and the legal profession. We’ll explore how diverse ways of thinking are key features of a truly inclusive and high-performing workplace rather than bugs in the system. We’ll also consider practical strategies for fostering environments where every kind of mind can thrive, from improving communication and reducing friction to reimagining leadership and collaboration.
Key takeaways will include:
- How neurodiversity affects implicit and explicit bias in the legal workplace
- How neurodiversity affects how lawyers interact with the public, clients, and legal colleagues
- How understanding the way neurodiverse attorneys think and communicate can encourage various points of view, new perspectives, and better work product vis a vis the legal system at large
CLE Credit:
New York: 2.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
New Jersey: 2.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
California: 2.0 Elimination of Bias
Pennsylvania: 1.5 Professional Responsibility
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
For New York Attorneys: Skills credits completed after December 31, 2025, must be completed in the traditional live classroom setting or by fully interactive videoconference. City Bar Webinar programs are not considered a fully interactive videoconference. For your Skills credits, join us in-person at the NYC Bar! Please see the CLE Format Requirements for Newly Admitted Attorneys for additional information.
For New York Attorneys: This program offers non-transitional credit.
Program Fee:
Free for New York City Bar Members & Attorneys from Sponsoring Law Firms | Non-Members: $75
Speaker:
Mira Dewji, Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Loren Gesinsky, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mira Dewji takes a strategic approach to engaging and fostering inclusive leadership. She serves as a trusted advisor to other firm leaders and oversees the evolution and integration of DEIB best practices across the firm. Mira’s focus is on continuously developing Seyfarth’s culture of belonging, where people of all backgrounds can bring their authentic selves and unique experiences to their work. She offers a data-driven approach and a deep, functional knowledge of DEIB best practices, drawing from her experience across several industries. In this role, Mira leads all inclusion, equity, and belonging efforts with Seyfarth’s Executive Committee, the national Diversity and Inclusion Action Team, and the firm’s Business Resource Groups, as well as the Human Resources, Talent Development, Marketing and Business Development, and Recruiting departments. She also partners with clients and external organizations to drive positive change across the legal profession and beyond. Mira has over a decade of experience designing and implementing strategic DEIB initiatives at three preeminent law firms, a top law school, and in a business consulting capacity. She has a background in economics and law, having practiced as a corporate transactional attorney at a global law firm in New York. Mira has been an adjunct professor at New York University since 2016, where she creates and delivers cutting-edge courses to MBA and JD students on topics such as Inclusive & Ethical Leadership; Managing Diverse Teams; Leading Organizational Change; and Work, Wisdom & Happiness.
Loren Gesinsky represents employers before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, arbitrators, mediators, and other tribunals regarding all legal issues relating to the workplace, including wage and hour collective and class actions, discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, noncompete, and other restrictive covenants and trade secrets. He also counsels employers, negotiates agreements, and conducts investigations regarding these issues, with particular attention on strategies to avoid litigation. Additionally, he participated actively in the United States Chamber of Commerce task force that developed comments on the United States Department of Labor’s proposed regulatory changes to the FLSA’s white-collar exemptions. Loren has more than 25 years of experience working as a labor and employment attorney. He developed an especially broad foundation for his representation of employers by previously practicing plaintiff's employment law and commercial litigation. Loren has successfully tried, arbitrated, mediated, and otherwise advocated in numerous matters involving multiple and single plaintiffs. His advocacy abilities in the courtroom, as well as his negotiating and public speaking abilities, have been enriched by his considerable training and experience as an actor. Recognition of Loren’s professional accomplishments includes his election as a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Attorneys, listings in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) (2010–2024) and Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) (2007–2011, 2014–2019), appointments to Chair the Committee on Legal Issues Affecting People With Disabilities, the State Affairs Committee, and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New York City Bar Association, and selection for mayoral appointment to the New York City Commission on Human Rights. He is a frequent author and presenter on employment law issues.
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Thank you to our Sponsoring Law Firms:
A&O Shearman · Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP · Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP · Covington & Burling LLP · Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP · Debevoise & Plimpton LLP · Dechert LLP · Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP · Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP · Jenner & Block LLP · Kauff McGuire Margolis LLP · Kelley Drye & Warren LLP · King & Spalding LLP · Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP · Mendes & Mount LLP · Milbank LLP · New York City Law Department · Outten & Golden LLP · Proskauer Rose LLP · Seward & Kissel LLP · Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP · Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP · Sullivan & Cromwell LLP · Thompson Coburn LLP · Venable LLP · Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz · White & Case LLP