In 2000, the California State Bar released a twenty-year projection that found as the population of California would become more diverse, the demographic make-up for attorneys and judges was projected to be less diverse. As a result, numerous pipeline projects were initiated, and the state held its first Judicial Diversity Summit in 2006. Since that time, strides have been made in the profession. This program will commemorate where we started, share the ground we have covered through the California State Bar Diversity Report Card, and explore what has yet to be done through the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness, the California Judicial Mentor Program, the California State Bar, and the affinity bar and judicial associations.
Speakers:
Retired Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, Alameda County Superior Court, former member California Judicial Nominee Evaluation Commission
Elizabeth Hom, Program Director, State Bar of California, Office of Access and Inclusion
Justice Teri Jackson, First District Court of Appeal, Co-Chair of the California Judicial Mentor Program
Justice Victor Rodriguez, First District Court of Appeal, Co-Chair California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness
Yun Xiang, Deputy Chief Mission Officer, State Bar of California
Moderator:
Judge Erica Yew, Santa Clara County Superior Court, President California Judges Association, member California Access to Justice Commission, Co-Chair of the California Judicial Mentor Program
Materials for this session are available here: https://publications.calbar.ca.gov/2023-diversity-report-card/
1.25 hrs Elimination of Bias CLE credit
In order to receive self-study MCLE credit please email info@CalATJ.org with the subject "MCLE for webinar: The History and Future of Judicial Diversity"
Racial Justice for Workers During COVID: Ensuring Greater Equity During Tough Times is a Know Your Rights webinar on worker rights during COVID-19 through a racial justice and equity lens. This webinar brings together experts from various legal and community based organizations. This webinar focuses on farm workers, restaurant workers, and those who work in nail/ hair salons or massage parlors.
1 hour of Elimination of Bias MCLE credit
Speakers:
Betty Duong, Santa Clara Dept. of Labor Standards & Enforcement
Matthew DeCarolis, Employment Rights Project, Bet Tzedek
Suguet Lopez, Executive Director, Lideres Campesinas
Panida Rzonca, Thai Community Development Center
Courts, attorneys, litigants and the state of California are facing unprecedented challenges arising from the pandemic, economic downturn, widespread awakening to long-standing systemic racism experienced by people of color, and an onslaught of evictions that will tax the courts and the courts’ capacity to provide access to justice. How can we meet these challenges and provide litigants in unlawful detainer cases with equitable, respectful, compassionate, and just results and experiences? Awareness of how racism and trauma impact litigants, the unlawful detainer process, and the courtroom experience can better equip us to balance the equities while facing these challenges.
Hear from keynote speaker Terrence Roberts who is one of the Little Rock Nine, who, in 1957, were the first Black students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1999, he and the members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton. Learn more about current challenges facing renters and landlords. Take away tips from leading judicial branch educators about working with litigants, demeanor, communication, and handling remote hearings while providing litigants with a trauma-informed experience.
This symposium qualifies for 2 hours Elimination of Bias California MCLE credit. Please email Jkaddoura@CalATJ.org to claim your certificate.
Speakers:
Bonnie Hough, Attorney, Judicial Council
Judge Mark Juhas, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
Jack Londen, Executive Director, Cal ATJ and Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Saba Mwine, Senior Program Manager at Corporation for Supportive Housing
Dr. Terrence Roberts, Civil Rights Leader
Panida Rzonca, Directing Attorney, Thai Community Development Center
Nisha Vyas, Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty
Judge Erica Yew, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
Materials:
The PowerPoint is available here.
Racial Trauma: Perspectives & Practices for Understanding and Healing (Curated by Saba Mwine & co-created with Dr. Wendy Ashley, Rhiannon Diaz and LaRae Cantley)
Me & White Supremacy by Layla Saad
Intersectionality Matters Podcast by Kimberlé Crenshaw