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About the Seminar
The first hour will cover best workplace practices for making sure your attorneys from minority or marginalized communities are properly included and respected within both the work they do and the place they work. It will be presented by a moderator and four-member panel of attorneys from diverse backgrounds who will answer questions from the moderator.

 

The second hour will address how an attorney’s personal and cultural background can affect their mental health within the profession. It will be presented by Robyn Ellison, M.Ed. Topics to include:

 

·         Importance of taking care of one’s mental health.

·         Mental health statistics within the legal profession generally.

·         Mental health statistics based on different personal and cultural backgrounds.

·         Important steps in caring for your personal mental health.

·         Improving mental health initiatives within the workplace.

·         Being a positive part of the mental health in your workplace.

·         Resources for boosting mental health for both you and your coworker.

 

Seminar Agenda
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Law Firm Best Practices to Create an Inclusive Workplace
This hour will cover best workplace practices for making sure your attorneys from minority or marginalized communities are properly included and respected within both the work they do and the place they work. It will be presented by a moderator and four-member panel of attorneys from diverse backgrounds who will answer questions from the moderator.

 

Moderator: Matthew Blewitt
Thomas Trent – LGBTQ+ Man – Public Interest Attorney
Cherlyn Borjes – Black/Asian Woman – Government Attorney
Osbelkis Perez - Latinx Woman – Solicitor
Yasmeen Ebbini – Arab American Woman – Large Firm

 

Community Background & Mental Health
This hour will address how an attorney’s personal and cultural background can affect their mental health within the profession. It will be presented by Robyn Ellison, M.Ed.

 

Topics:
-Importance of taking care of one’s mental health.
-Mental health statistics within the legal profession generally.
-Mental health statistics based on different personal and cultural backgrounds.
-Important steps in caring for your personal mental health.
-Improving mental health initiatives within the workplace.
-Being a positive part of the mental health in your workplace.
-Resources for boosting mental health for both you and your coworker.
Robyn Ellison, M.Ed., Greenville
Education Coordinator - SC Mental Health Ambassador, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
ACE Master Trainer/Mental Health First Aid Instructor - (Adult, Youth, Veterans, Public Safety, Higher Education, First Responders, Older Populations & Older Populations)/Behavioral Health/MIPH/Prisma

Adjourn

 

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 2.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour and 1.0 SA/MH credit hour.

 

This is an Intermediate Level Program.

 

Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2024, please use this course code: 242357ADO.

 

Tags Diversity/Inclusion; Big Ticket