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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Rights

Apr. 7, 2025

Bias-driven incivility: What legal professionals need to know

Officers of the court are duty-bound to combat bias-driven incivility, which has diminished the legal profession's stature and continues to drive underrepresented attorneys from practice despite recent MCLE efforts.

Beth W. Mora

Founder
Mora Employment Law

Email: bmora@moraelaw.com

Beth W. Mora of Mora Employment Law is dedicated to representing victimized employees, as well as those facing a wide range of employment law issues. She is often invited to speak, has published numerous articles, and has been quoted in legal journals on issues impacting employees and the legal community.

Bias-driven incivility: What legal professionals need to know
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Practitioners and the judiciary are duty-bound to ensure that our halls of justice provide equal justice to all. Accordingly, each member of the bar should be concerned about ensuring the judicial system is absent from bias.  Aiding in this endeavor is the relatively new mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) on bias-driven incivility. ...