Ethics and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, Current Innovations and Limitations, Cooperatives and Just Transition Perspectives

Co-sponsored by the Cooperative Professionals Guild and the Just Transition Lawyering Institute.  

REGISTRATION: 

Free registration on this site for Members of the Guild and Just Transition Lawyering Institute participants. (All webinar recordings are available to members without charge on the Member Resources page when logged in.)

Members of the public may register for $15 on Eventbrite here.

DESCRIPTION:

Several efforts are underway to create sandboxes that would increase access to legal services. At the same time, attorneys who seek to create new approaches to community and movement lawyering may face limits from ethical and professional rules. In another area of chilling effect on legal professionals, minority bar associations that seek to support the advancement of BIPOC judges may be afraid to show the appearance of partisanship which may negatively impact nominees to judgeships.

This webinar seeks to keep current on legal innovation efforts and to provide cooperative law attorneys and just transition lawyering attorneys with more clarity about the possibilities and limits for their community engagement, activism and investments, and how those relate to the elimination of bias in the legal profession.

There is no cost to attend this event for Just Transition Lawyering Fellows and Cooperative Professionals Guild Members. This event has been approved for 1 hour of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California, including 1 hour of elimination of bias credit.

PRESENTED BY: Pacyinz Lyfoung, LLM/JD

The Inclusive Economies Law Practice of Pacyinz Lyfoung

Pacyinz Lyfoung is an attorney returning to the practice of law after many years of acquiring different tools from different sectors to more holistically and practically achieve sustainable social change. She worked for several years in government, as a nonprofit executive (including in legal organizations), and as a project architect and consultant with expertise in designing law-related trainings. Her current practice focuses on working with entrepreneurs, organizations and cooperatives to create more racially and economically equitable sustainable economic and community development. She appreciates the communal exchange and collective growth as a SELC Fellow, Just Transition Lawyering Fellow and Cooperative Professionals Guild Member.