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The obstacles that block women and minority attorneys from rising to the highest positions of power within law firms are still present. Eliminating these obstacles requires a fresh approach to the problem—the Organization Development perspective. Using models that explain how systems perpetuate bias and how to bring about behavioral changes in the decision-making of the empowered people within those systems, Susan Letterman White, Esq., offers new ideas for law firms from the strategies that have worked in other organizations and the latest thinking on inclusions strategies.

Join Andrea S. Kramer, Esq., author of “Professional Advancement and Gender Stereotypes: The “Rules’ for Better Gender Communications” and “Self-Evaluations: Dos and Don’ts,” for this important program on eliminating bias and improving gender diversity in the legal profession. Ms. Kramer, a partner in McDermott Will & Emery LLP, discusses how women lawyers can learn the “rules” of the gender communications game and substantially improve their professional status. She also discusses how men can benefit from an understanding of the differences in gender communication styles. Ms. Kramer offers tips for eliminating bias in the legal profession and leveling the playing field for both men and women attorneys, by: • Teaching ways to understand differences in gender communication styles • Providing techniques that men and women attorneys can use to become more effective communicators to stakeholders in the legal profession • Providing concrete “Dos and Don’ts” for self evaluations • Illustrating how training can eliminate

Join Steve Bennett, a partner at Jones Day, for this important ethics program for all counsel engaged in, or considering, the outsourcing of legal activities. Topics include a background discussion of the outsourcing trend and the ethical issues involved, best practice implications, future developments, and a discussion of the available references. Note: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.0 credit hours, of which 1.0 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.