Topic
Implicit Bias
165 published works
Legal Skills Prof Blog
Cognitive Biases, Inplicit Biases, and Student Feedback
I have stressed the importance of cognitive (or unconscious) bias training as a part of law students' professional identity development. (See Understanding and Overcoming Cognitive Biases For Lawyers And Law…
EvidenceProf Blog
Judge Gives an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction in the Derek Chauvin Trial
By Colin Miller
Today, the judge in the Derek Chauvin trial gave an implicit bias jury instruction. Here was the instruction:I think these instructions are a good addition to the standard jury instructions.…
The Right Coast
The racism racket – spiked
Complete and utter crap. That s how Bill Michael, until recently UK chair of global accountancy firm KPMG, described the concept of unconscious bias to his apparently stunned staff. There…
Texas Bar Blog
Austin Bar Association to hold Equity Summit
The Austin Bar Association will hold an Equity Summit from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 14, 2021, via Zoom. The event is free and open to the public.…
Rudner Law Blog
Diversity & Inclusion: What Can Workplaces Do?
By Nadia Zaman
In recent years, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) have come to the forefront and its importance became more widely accepted in theory. However, some organizations pay “lip service” to the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Anti-Asian hate crimes, intersectionality, and implicit bias
In between the grief and the outrage associated with a year of anti-Asian sentiment that now includes the killing of 6 Asian American women, I've felt frustrated by the hasty…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Revisiting – and Reconsidering – Implicit Bias
Many academic institutions, professional organizations, and private corporations have embraced implicit bias training as a method by which to combat discrimination. The concept of implicit bias states that all individuals…
EvidenceProf Blog
Tenth Circuit Rejects Defendant’s Argument That Trial Judge Should Have Played Implicit Bias Video to Prospective Jurors
By Colin Miller
In my new article, "The Constitutional Right to an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction," I make the argument that a defendant should have the right to have the jury instructed not…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Challenging Systemic Racism with Human Connection (by Andi Mazingo, Esq.)
By SpearIt
As lawyers, we have a special obligation to mitigate inequitiesYou don’t need to be a lawyer steeped in the nuances of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to…
EvidenceProf Blog
My New Article: “The Constitutional Right to an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction”
By Colin Miller
I have posted the draft of my new article, "The Constitutional Right to an Implicit Bias Jury Instruction," on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Supreme Court has gone to great…