Practical Strategies for Mitigating Microaggressions in Legal Practice
This program is part of the 2025 Professional Development Workshop Series – for more information on the Series, view the brochure here 2025 Professional Development Workshop Series.
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 9:00 am - 10:45 am
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
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Description:
Microaggressions - often subtle, everyday comments or actions - can create lasting negative effects in the legal workplace, impacting team dynamics, client relationships, and overall firm culture. In today’s increasingly inclusive legal environments, legal professionals must be equipped with strategies to mitigate microaggressions and foster a culture of respect and equity. Through real-life scenarios and interactive discussions, this program will empower participants with the tools to recognize, address, and navigate microaggressions in legal practice by:
- Identifying common forms of microaggressions within legal environments, and understanding their impact on communication, collaboration, and morale.
- Analyzing the role of implicit bias in perpetuating microaggressions and learning how to actively address bias that may occur during key interactions in the legal profession such as client meetings,
performance evaluations, and team leadership.
- Exploring generational and cultural differences that may contribute to microaggressions, offering insights into how to bridge gaps and build more inclusive professional relationships.
- Understanding how to recover from mistakes when microaggressions occur, fostering accountability and growth in both individual and organization-wide practices.
- Learning practical strategies to mitigate microaggressions in everyday legal interactions, encouraging more thoughtful and inclusive communication with colleagues, clients, and across all levels of the legal profession.
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: Effective through June 30, 2025 newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may earn skills credits via the City Bar's live webcasts and live groupcasts. For more information, click here).
For New York Attorneys: This program is a transitional/non-transitional course.
Program Fee:
Free for New York City Bar Members & Attorneys from Sponsoring Law Firms | Non-Members: $75
Speaker:
Paula T. Edgar, CEO, PGE Consulting Group LLC
Paula T. Edgar, Esq. is CEO of PGE Consulting Group LLC, a firm that provides training and education solutions at the intersection of professional development and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Paula is a highly sought-after speaker for clients across industries. Paula’s professional development expertise includes personal branding, relationship-building, and mentor/sponsorship best practices. Paula develops customized programming for all engagements and her areas of diversity topics include unconscious bias, microaggressions, and allyship. Paula hosts the Branding Room Only podcast, sharing career stories and personal branding strategies. She also serves in leadership roles with the New York City Bar, the American Bar Association, and is a past President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association. Paula’s expertise has been featured in top publications including the New York Times. Her impact has been recognized by several organizations, including receiving the CUP 2023 Law Catalyst Award and the Outstanding Non-Traditional Career Award from the National Bar Association's (NBA) Women Lawyers Division. She earned her B.A. from California State University, Fullerton, and her J.D. from CUNY Law School. Stay up to date with Paula at paulaedgar.com and LinkedIn.
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Thank you to our Sponsoring Law Firms:
A&O Shearman · Arnold & Porter LLP · Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP · Davis & Gilbert LLP · Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP · Debevoise & Plimpton LLP · Dechert LLP · Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP · Jenner & Block LLP · Kelley Drye & Warren LLP · King & Spalding LLP · Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP · Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP · Milbank LLP · New York City Law Department · O’Melveny & Myers LLP · Outten & Golden LLP · Proskauer Rose LLP · Seward & Kissel LLP· Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP · Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP · Thompson Coburn LLP · Venable LLP · Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz · White & Case LLP · Winston & Strawn LLP