Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Resources

The Communities Office offers an array of content discussing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, including discussions related to racial inequality. See below for the full list.

D.C. Bar Communities Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiative

Please find the Lawyers’ Toolkit for Diversity and Inclusion here. The toolkit was developed by the Initiative’s Working Group as a resource for the legal profession in order to help address issues and promote advances for diversity and inclusion.

To hear an overview of all the work currently happening within the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiative, including activities of the Working Group and Project Groups, please listen to our podcast interview, A Look at the DEIA Work of the D.C. Bar Communities.

On Demand Courses

• Navigating the Legal Profession as a Lawyer with Disabilities
• Keeping the Drive Alive for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Business & Finance, Where is the Movement Heading?
• 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit – Full Event
• Blueprint for Greater Corporate Board Diversity: Roadmap and Roadblocks
• DeFi, Crypto, and Fintech: Opportunities and Risks for Communities of Color
• Nasdaq's Board Diversity Rule: Bold Initiative to Address the Lack of Diversity on Corporate Boards
• Elevating Women in Law: How to Retain Women Attorneys and Elevate Them To the Next Level
• The Lavender Scare and LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency Training
• Legislative Women's Collective: Unleashing the Political Power of Women Attorneys
• The Legal Profession and Racial Inequality – One Year Later: Has Progress Been Made? What Challenges Remain?
• Addressing Rising Anti-Asian Violence: From Boiling Point to Turning Point
• Fostering Mentorships and Increasing Diversity in Appellate Practice
• Women in Antitrust - a Roundtable Discussion
• Women and Diversity: Trends, Issues and Challenges in the Legal Profession
• Race-Based Hair Discrimination in the Workplace: An Interdisciplinary Discussion
• LGBT Lawyers and D and I in the Financial Industry
• Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion in Environmental Law
• The Legal Profession and Racial Inequality - Part One
• The Legal Profession and Racial Inequality - Part Two
• Understanding the Intersections of Bias, Decision-making, and Ethics in the Legal Profession
• Confronting Racial Inequality: A Discussion About the Value of Mentorship and Sponsorship

Podcasts (Free Content)

• Brief Encounters: The Proposed D.C. Law Challenging use of Discriminatory AI Algorithms
• Brief Encounters: Civil Rights and Nonprofits
• Let’s Brief It: Reparations: A Legal, Moral, and Historical Analysis
• Brief Encounters: A Look at the DEIA Work of the D.C. Bar Communities
• Brief Encounters: Race and the Second Amendment
• Brief Encounters: Women at the Table: Legislative Collective Bridges Political Gender Gap
• Let’s Brief It: When There Are Nine
• Brief Encounters: Discussion with Chai Feldblum on the SCOTUS Bostock Decision
• Brief Encounters: Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws
• Let’s Brief It: Indian Law: Getting to the Heart of Inherent Tribal Sovereignty
• Let’s Brief It: Employment Law: Sex and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
• The Tea on International Arbitration: Diversity and Inclusion in International Arbitration
• Brief Encounters: The Legal Profession and Racial Inequality
• Brief Encounters: Race-Based Hair Discrimination in the Workplace

Get Involved

• View the Communities Diversity Statement.
• To become a program speaker or join our Diverse Speaker Database, fill out this form.

Additional Resources

• Resources to Help Empower AAPI Communities (Online MSW Programs)
• Toward a Racially Just Workplace (Harvard Business Review)
• Why Mentoring & Sponsoring Are Important, Particularly for Women (Center for Creative Leadership)
• Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others (Pepperdine University)
• Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter (Harvard Business Review)
• Diverse Outside Counsel: A Report by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP)