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Friday, May 10 • 8:30am - 10:00am
I Get Diversity, But What is Inclusion? Recognizing Bias in Legal Aid

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This interactive workshop will examine the impact of implicit bias and explore how implicit bias manifests in our daily interactions. Strategies will address how implicit bias can manifest itself in the civil legal aid community and provide a framework for fostering and building inclusive and difficult dialogue.
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Dina Shafey Scott

Training and Technical Assistance Program Manager, Legal Services Corporation
Dina Shafey Scott is the inaugural Training and Technical Assistance Program Manager with Legal Services Corporation, in that she is tasked with creating and coordinating the forthcoming Legal Services learning platform for grantees and other stakeholders in the Legal Aid field. Dr... Read More →
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Rhodia Thomas

Executive Director, MidPenn Legal Services
Rhodia Thomas is the executive director of MidPenn Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and domestic violence survivors in 18 counties in central-Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University and received... Read More →
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Miguel Willis

LSAC Presidential Innovation Fellow, Law School Admission Council
Miguel Willis currently serves as the inaugural LSAC Presidential Innovation Fellow. Where he oversees Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program, which he founded while obtaining his JD from Seattle University School of Law. The Fellows Program pairs law students with legal services... Read More →

Friday May 10, 2019 8:30am - 10:00am
Bluegrass 1
  Diversity Programming