The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
Every year, thousands of companies are sued because their website or mobile app is inaccessible to people with disabilities, and thousands more are served web accessibility ADA demand letters. In this session, you will learn the best response strategy if your company has been sued or served a demand letter and how to ensure accessibility and compliance for the long term. Discover how to evaluate the credibility of your demand letter, best practices for how to respond, and must-have policies and procedures that will reduce your future legal risk.
Every year, thousands of companies are sued because their website or mobile app is inaccessible to people with disabilities, and thousands more are served web accessibility ADA demand letters. In this session, you will learn the best response strategy if your company has been sued or served a demand letter and how to ensure accessibility and compliance for the long term. Discover how to evaluate the credibility of your demand letter, best practices for how to respond, and must-have policies and procedures that will reduce your future legal risk.
Neurodiversity is the belief that neurological conditions like autism spectrum disorder should be recognized and respected instead of viewed as flaws or defects. Neurodiverse individuals are often left out of the employment market due to stigma or misperceptions about their abilities, resulting in an 85 percent unemployment rate among college graduates with autism spectrum disorder. How can an organization embrace neurodiversity and attract neurodiverse talent? In this campfire discussion, panelists will share their best practices for retooling hiring processes, making accommodations, and re-envisioning a post-COVID workplace.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Neurodiversity is the belief that neurological conditions like autism spectrum disorder should be recognized and respected instead of viewed as flaws or defects. Neurodiverse individuals are often left out of the employment market due to stigma or misperceptions about their abilities, resulting in an 85 percent unemployment rate among college graduates with autism spectrum disorder. How can an organization embrace neurodiversity and attract neurodiverse talent? In this campfire discussion, panelists will share their best practices for retooling hiring processes, making accommodations, and re-envisioning a post-COVID workplace.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
There are two competing forces at play in the hiring process: the legal requirement to make employment decisions that are not based on protected characteristics and the desire to ensure underrepresented groups are fully considered in the employment process. How can employers do the latter without violating the former? Join this session to review the legal landscape that employers promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must navigate to ensure compliance with non-discrimination laws. Explore how employers can lawfully implement race and gender conscious measures that do not violate equal employment opportunity principles.
This panel features the following speakers:
Dawn Blume, Senior Counsel, People and Culture, BP America Inc.
Cara Crotty, Partner, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
There are two competing forces at play in the hiring process: the legal requirement to make employment decisions that are not based on protected characteristics and the desire to ensure underrepresented groups are fully considered in the employment process. How can employers do the latter without violating the former? Join this session to review the legal landscape that employers promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) must navigate to ensure compliance with non-discrimination laws. Explore how employers can lawfully implement race and gender conscious measures that do not violate equal employment opportunity principles.
This panel features the following speakers:
Dawn Blume, Senior Counsel, People and Culture, BP America Inc.
Cara Crotty, Partner, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an effort, but movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter can feel exclusive to the United States. Join this session to hear from an international group of employment lawyers on their companies' DEI and accessibility efforts and how to translate these kinds of movements into programs relevant to global employees. Learn about approaches that do or don't work internationally, examples of success stories, and how these efforts are coordinated with global compliance issues such as disability quotas and gender equity filings.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is an effort, but movements like #MeToo and Black Lives Matter can feel exclusive to the United States. Join this session to hear from an international group of employment lawyers on their companies' DEI and accessibility efforts and how to translate these kinds of movements into programs relevant to global employees. Learn about approaches that do or don't work internationally, examples of success stories, and how these efforts are coordinated with global compliance issues such as disability quotas and gender equity filings.
This on-demand program is not eligible for CLE/CPD credit.
Jazz and The Blues are about a lot of things, including struggle, culture, bias, inclusion, change, and resilience. Each of those concepts are critical to understanding and combatting bias in the practice of law. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq., as he connects the world of jazz and the blues to diversity and inclusion in the legal world.
Jazz and The Blues are about a lot of things, including struggle, culture, bias, inclusion, change, and resilience. Each of those concepts are critical to understanding and combatting bias in the practice of law. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq., as he connects the world of jazz and the blues to diversity and inclusion in the legal world.