Friday, June 12
9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The 2020 Ethy Awards
Each year, Hollywood celebrates the best
performances in motion pictures at the Oscars. Well, each
year, we note the worst ethics violations in the legal
profession at the Ethys. Humorist Sean Carter will host the
festivities and announce the award winners for:
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Most Creative Billing
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Least Competent in a Legal
Representation
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Best Supporting Actor in an Illegal
Activity
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Worst Love Scene
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Most Deceptive Legal Marketing
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Miss/Mister Uncongeniality Award
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And much more!
In the process of recapping some of the
most egregious instances of unethical behavior, Mr. Carter
will demonstrate how the rest of us can avoid more common
ethical violations.
– Sean Carter, J.D., Humorist at Law
3.0 ethics credits
applied for
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Friday, June 12
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
I Think, Therefore I
Am...Biased: How the Natural Tendency to Form Biases
Manifests Itself in the Legal Profession
In this eye-opening program, legal humorist Sean Carter uses
scientific studies, video demonstrations and personal
anecdotes from his decade as a black lawyer to illustrate
how lawyers (himself included) form racial, gender, and
other biases; and how they are seldom the result of animus
or hatred, but rather the result of our brain’s
pattern-recognition “firmware.”
Furthermore, he demonstrates how these
biases affect our decisions with regards to hiring,
evaluating and employing women and lawyers of color,
communicating with clients, and making a myriad of other
decisions. And finally, Mr. Carter will provide some
tips for how to recognize our own biases and to negate their
effects, so that we can make fairer (and better) decisions
for our legal organizations and our clients.
–Sean Carter, J.D.,
Humorist at Law
2.0 elimination-of-bias
credits applied for
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