Topic
Implicit Bias
165 published works
Labor Law Prof Blog
Selmi on Implicit Bias
Friend of blog Michael Selmi (George Washington) has just posted on SSRN his fascinating new article, The Paradox of Implicit Bias and a Plea for a New Narrative. This piece…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Third Generation Gender Discrimination
By Tracy Thomas
Catherine Ross Dunham, Third Generation Discrimination: The Ripple Effects of Gender Bias in the WorkplaceWhat is implicit bias? What does it look like? How can we define and address it in…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Bornstein on Discrimination
Friend-of-Blog Stephanie Bornstein has just published her great article, Reckless Discrimination, in the California Law Review. From the abstract:"If there are known, easily adopted ways to reduce bias in employment…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Challenging Bias in Employment Recruitments
Implicit bias is a problem globally. Here is an attempt to combat such bias in employment decisions.A job candidate named Wu Weixa is on the line with a recruiter for…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Thomas on Wistrich and Rachlinski on Judges and Implicit Bias
This week on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Suja Thomas’s essay, What Judges Can Do About Implicit Bias. Suja reviews Andrew Wistrich & Jeffrey Rachlinski’s contribution to a…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Thomas on Wistrich and Rachlinski on implicit bias
Main Monday, May 22, 2017JOTWELL: Thomas on Wistrich and Rachlinski on implicit biasThe new Courts Law essay is from Suja Thomas (Illinois), reviewing Andrew J. Wistrich and Jeffrey J. Rachlinski,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Algorithmic Hiring: Cause of or Solution to Human Discrimination?
In June, I posted on Pauline Kim's forthcoming article arguing that employer use of algorithms in evaluating applicants and employees could hard-wire discrimination into the evaluation process. For a different…
PrawfsBlawg
Blind prosecutions
Main Friday, October 14, 2016Blind prosecutionsFormer guest Prawfs Shima Baughman and her co-authors have a piece on TNR (originally published in The Conversation) calling for making police reports race-blind as…
Texas Bar Blog
Austin ABA event to tackle implicit bias
By Jillian Beck
Austin area attorneys can listen to a discussion about implicit bias in law from a UCLA law professor at an American Bar Association event on October 8. The program—“Our Implicit…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Implicit Bias Training for San Antonio Police Officers
Implicit bias is a concept acquiring some attention. The theory is that as human we have subconscious biases. I have written about the theory before. See my prior post here.…