Building an Inclusive Law Firm and Community
About This Course
This course is approved for California Implicit Bias Credit.
This course focuses on practical strategies for leading inclusively within the legal profession. Dr. Tyner will discuss tangible ways you can use your leadership skills to build an inclusive firm and community. She will provide a pathway for participants to effect change by reflecting on and grappling with unconscious and implicit biases, encouraging honest discussions, and taking action to change organizational behavior for the better. Competence in these areas manifests in healthy workplace relations, peak optimized performance, positive morale, and the betterment of society.
Dr. Tyner’s Leadership Framework for Action™ provides four stages of learning:
• Intrapersonal (engaging in self-discovery) • Interpersonal (building an authentic relationship with others)
• Organizational (establishing strategic outcomes and promoting equity)
• Societal (developing sustainable, durable solutions)
As participants embark on a learning journey within each of these stages, they are making a commitment to serve as a leading lawyer who will make a difference in the world. This course will give each participant the tools to reimagine one’s themselves as a legal innovator, builder, and change agent.
About the Presenters
Dr. Artika R. Tyner, Ed.D., M.P.P., J.D.
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Practice Area: Alternative Dispute Resolution (+ 4 other areas)
Dr. Artika R. Tyner is a passionate educator, lawyer, author, sought after speaker, and advocate for justice. She is committed to training lawyers to serve as social justice engineers who create new inroads to justice and freedom. In recognition of her leadership and service, she is the recipient of more than two dozen awards that include: Women in Business, American Small Business Champion, International Educator Citizen and American Bar Association Difference Makers.She has been featured in a variety of media outlets. She is a prolific, award-winning author of adult and children’s books that includes: Amazing Africa: A to Z and The ...
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