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How Implicit Bias Influences the Way You Represent Clients

Published by Kentucky Justice Association
and Canadian Caucus of AAJ
Learning Objectives
  • Understand what is meant by the term implicit bias
  • Understand how implicit bias influences attitudes and decisions
  • Learn to identify, manage and help mitigate implicit bias
  • Improve client representation by gaining awareness of your own implicit bias
  • Strategies for dealing with bias at mediation and trial





Summary

Implicit bias is a bias we hold of which we are unaware. Without our realizing it, an implicit bias affects the way we see others and interact with them. This program will discuss how lawyers deal with clients of different backgrounds. It will address how to identify, manage, and help mitigate personal implicit biases in order to minimize their influence on the representation of your clients. This eye-opening discussion, led by Edward Palmer, Certified Diversity Trainer, and experienced trial lawyer Phil Grossman, will also help you establish goals for your clients and provide ideas for addressing implicit bias when representing them at mediation and in court.

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Presenters
Edward L. Palmer, Sr.

Pastor Edward L. Palmer Sr. is the visionary, senior pastor, and co-pastor with his wife Elizabeth (Angie) Palmer for The... Read More

H. Philip Grossman

Philip Grossman has over 35 years of experience in the practice of law and is currently a senior partner in the Louisville... Read More


Originally Published
December 10, 2025

Program Titles and Supporting Materials
This program contains the following components:

  • Media Files
  • How Implicit Bias Influences the Way You Represent Clients - Video

  • Downloadable Files
  • How Implicit Bias Influences the Way You Represent Clients - Handout

How To Attend
Join the self-paced program from your office, home, or hotel room using a computer and high speed internet connection. You may start and stop the program at your convenience, continue where you left off, and review supporting materials as often as you like. Please note: Internet Explorer is no longer a supported browser. We recommend using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari for best results.

Technical Requirements
You may access this course on a computer or mobile device with high speed internet (iPhones require iOS 10 or higher). Recommended browsers are Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

Credit
If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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