This workshop, featuring Lowenstein partner Robert A. Johnston Jr., will provide a pragmatic discussion on ways to combat hateful speech and conduct when we see it within the legal profession, including a discussion on how these anti-LGBTQ+ and other hateful speech issues intersect with ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) (addressing discrimination, bias, and prejudice in the legal profession).
The panel will discuss:
- What is the increase we're seeing in harmful/hateful speech grounded in?
- What strategies may work to decrease hateful speech? What do they entail? How do they vary depending on where one sits? Why are they important to the legal profession?
- Do different state approaches to bias, prejudice, and discrimination in the legal system reach differing results, and what is working?
- Where is there room for improvement? In the legal profession? In schools/universities? On social media platforms? By companies?
- How does allyship factor in?
- Does Model Rule 8.4(g) help with this struggle, or is it fundamentally flawed in ways that exacerbate the issues? Join us for this discussion and learn how you can be part of the solution to this growing professional crisis.
Speakers:
- Robert A. Johnston Jr., Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Diana Ashton, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LL
- Jane Barry-Moran, Out Leadership
- Kylar Broadus, Kylar W. Broadus, Attorney at Law LLC
- Lonnie Nasatir, Jewish United Fund of Chicago
Moderator:
- Alan York, Reed Smith LLP
Time: 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. CT
Location: Chicago, IL
