In celebration of Women's History Month, join us for "A Seat at the Table," a co-ed discussion of implicit bias & legal culture. The event will be at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Courtroom C-501 on March 11, 2025, 3:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Click here to register.  A Zoom option is also available.

Our legal system is founded on the principles of fairness and equity, but statistical and anecdotal evidence prove that our courtrooms and law offices are not fair and equitable in the treatment of lawyers. In this CLE, numerous presenters (listed below) will act out common scenarios within legal organizations and legal culture - for example, a hiring committee meeting, mentorship assignments, junior attorney evaluations, and file-staffing or promotion discussions. Topics woven into the hypothetical situations will showcase things like affinity bias, performance bias, the maternal wall, and intersectionality. A panel and the audience will comment on each scenario, share lived experiences, and provide concrete advice for how to handle similar situations in the future.

Presenters include Judge Susie Morgan, Judge Darrel Papillion, Kelly Becker, Magdalen Blessey Bickford, Brandon Davis, Harold Flanagan, Valerie Fontenot, Amy McIntire, Kerry Miller, Rachel Naquin, Cayce Peterson, Brittany Reed, Bradley Schwab, Gerald "Jess" Waltman, Graham Williams, Rick Yelton, J. Christopher Zainey, Jr., and Haley Zhu-Butler. The presentation will be moderated by Judge Janis van Meerveld, Chloé Chetta, and Atoyia Harris.

This event is co-sponsored by The Eastern District of Louisiana, The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, The Association for Women Attorneys, The Greater New Orleans Louis A. Martinet Legal Society, The Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and The New Orleans Bar Association.

Please see the Eastern District of Louisiana's website, www.laed.uscourts.gov, for additional information and for updates.