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A Seat at the Table: A Co-Ed Discussion of Implicit Bias and Legal Culture

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Our legal system is founded on the principles of fairness and equity, but statistical and anecdotal evidence proves that our courtrooms and law offices are not fair and equitable in the treatment of lawyers.

Member Mag Bickford (New Orleans) will join a Women’s History Month panel discussion, “A Seat at the Table: A Co-Ed Discussion of Implicit Bias & Legal Culture,” at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, Courtroom C-501, on March 11, 2025. During the program, numerous presenters 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. The panel and audience will comment on each scenario, share lived experiences, and provide concrete advice for how to handle similar situations in the future.

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.

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Are Transgender and Non-Binary Employees Being Erased from Workplace Policies?

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Will DEI Programs Become Extinct Under the Trump Administration?

January 23, 2025

In an effort to embrace diversity and inclusion, many employers established Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. The look of these programs varied from company to company; however, many of the programs specifically tried to give an advantage to racial minorities or women to even the playing field in the workplace since they tend to be underrepresented in the workforce.

Presentation

Handbooks and Hot Topics

November 22, 2024

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Podcasts

Podcast: #WhyMcGlinchey? Lateral to Leadership with Mag Bickford

April 11, 2024

After joining McGlinchey in 2016, Mag Bickford has risen to firm leadership, serving on the executive Policy Committee, leading the Labor and Employment practice group, and managing the firm’s largest office in New Orleans. In this episode, she speaks with Director of Talent Acquisition Margeaux Roush about the avenues and opportunities for leadership that she has found, priorities forMore