WEBINAR
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ACC CharlotteCorporate initiatives that foster diversity, inclusion, and equality can quickly become true core values if they are rooted in experience. Experience with racial bias and discrimination occurs in many forms with some common elements. This talk aims to widen our perspective, as you draw from the very personal experiences of three Fox Rothschild attorneys who will discuss racial bias in the criminal justice system from three very different points of view, and the related ethical codes of conduct.
These are important ethical issues for all organizations, and these perspectives will give courage to speak, do, and lead on these issues – especially to lawyers who have never practiced within our criminal justice system.
Speakers
Kim Gatling, Fox Rothschild’s Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and practicing IP partner, will discuss the perspective of a firm lawyer including her personal experiences with racial bias, ethical considerations, and what one law firm is doing about it.
Brian Stolarz, white collar criminal defense attorney and former Public Defender with The Legal Aid Society, will share his experience representing Alfred Dewayne Brown, the 13th Exoneree from Texas’ Death Row which is currently profiled on Netflix’s The Innocence Files and how he has seen racial bias infect the criminal justice system, what all lawyers and business leaders can do to combat it. This presentation will focus on the ethical issues and concerns that are relevant to all practicing attorneys and business leaders including conflicts of interest, duties of disclosure and candor, and communications with represented parties arising under rules of ethics and professional conduct.
Robert Edmunds, Jr., former Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, will discuss his perspective and experiences with bias both as a prosecutor and then from the bench, how jury selection procedures have changed and not changed, and how our justice system and ethical rules help address the issue.
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