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Live Webinar: Diversity: Benefits for the Profession and the Lawyer

February 28, 2024


Before registering, take note that Live Webinar's DO NOT count as "live" credit.

For information and registration for the in-person live hours, please click here.

Join the SC Bar CLE Division and SC Bar Diversity Committee on February 28 for a special two-hour CLE.

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 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

This program qualifies for 2.0 MCLE credit including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour and 1.0 SA/MH credit hour.

SC Supreme Commission on CLE Course #: 242357ADO

 


The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees. The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.

Registration Fees

CLE Big Ticket
$0.00
Diversity Committee Member
$75.00
Member Rate
$150.00
Non Member Rate
$150.00
S.C. Certified Paralegal
$75.00
Price Description Amount

Agenda

Speakers

NameOrganizationSpeaking At

Policy

Continuing Education

Agenda

11 a.m.

Registration and Lunch Buffet

11:25 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

11:30 a.m.

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

12:30 p.m.

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

1:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

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