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Implicit Bias
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IAALS Blog
National Groups Provide Insight and Remedies to Promote a More Diverse Bench
By Anonymous
National organizations that work to ensure fair, trusted, and accountable courts are increasingly recognizing the potential for implicit bias to obstruct this goal, particularly when such bias is brought to…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Race, Prison Discipline, and the Law”
The title of this post comes from this intriguing paper by Professor Andrea Armstrong, the abstract of which states: This article surveys three previously unconnected areas of analysis related to internal…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Second Generation Forms of Implicit Bias in the Legal Profession
By Tracy Thomas
Nicole Negowetti, Implicit Bias and the Legal Profession's "Diversity" Crisis: A Call for Self-Reflection, Nevada L.J. 431 (2015)Fifty years after federal law prohibited discrimination based on gender and race and ten…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Do Public Defenders Spend Less Time on Black Clients?”
Main May 3, 2016"Do Public Defenders Spend Less Time on Black Clients?"The question in the title of this post is the headline of this interesting new Marshall Project piece. Here…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Broadening Intent to Include Implicit Bias and Structural Discrimination in Employment
By Tracy Thomas
Leora F. Eisenstadt (Temple, B School) & Jeffrey R. Boles (Temple, Dept Legal Studies in Bus), Intent and Liability in Employment Discrimination, American Business L.J. (forthcoming)Abstract: The Silicon Valley Ellen Pao…
The Shriver Brief
The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Recommendations Are Important for Racial Justice Beyond the Criminal Justice System
Almost two years ago, the Shriver Center pointed to the racial injustice embedded within the criminal justice system and urged that a new understanding of implicit bias could produce reforms…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
2016 ABA White Collar Crime Conference – A Few More Highlights
By Ellen Podgor
There was an incredible presentation on implicit bias, moderated by Hon. Bernice B. Donald, who chairs the ABA Criminal Justice Section. This was a real highlight of the program and…
Texas Bar Blog
Dallas Bar Association hosts presentation, CLE program on implicit bias
By Amy Starnes
The Dallas Bar Association invites attorneys and members of the public to a free panel discussion on "Uncovering Implicit Bias and Understanding its Effects" from noon to 4:30 p.m. on…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Supreme Court Recognizes Implicit Bias
A theory being discussed in academic circles is that discrimination is often implicit. According to this theory, we tend to filter out certain information based on our preconceived notions about…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ABA Webinar: Overcoming Implicit Bias Against Non-Citizen Defendants
I do not post items about continuing education courses but this one from the American Bar Association on "Overcoming Implicit Bias Against Non-Citizen Defendants" seemed extremely topical and important.Format: WebinarDate: …