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Housing Part Proceedings and the Reality of Housing Court: Enforcing Orders to Correct Apr 24, 2023

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In this episode: Enforcing Orders to Correct, the fourth episode in our series on Housing Part Proceedings and the Reality of Housing Court. Agata Rumprecht-Behrens, a court attorney currently assigned to the HP part in Queens housing court, moderates a panel discussion with Vijay Kitson, a partner at Hertz, Cherson Rosenthal specializing in landlord-tenant trial advocacy; Rachel Nager, a tenant attorney and advocate representing tenants in housing court; Paul Gdanski, a supervising attorney in the tenant anti-harassment unit at HPD; and Judge Shorab Ibraham, a housing judge appointed in 2018.

Building Belonging: Psychological Safety, Emotional Agility and Energy Management for Lawyers Mar 24, 2023

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Tanya, Angie and Mary Ellen speak with Julie Bosi and Valery Federici of Level Up Legal. They talk about coaching in the legal industry and the way that the skills of the law can run counter to the skills of well-being, and how the work of building emotional well-being dovetails with the work of DEIB. Tune in to hear about: How coaching works in the context of the legal profession How coaching is tailored to each individual lawyer Combating negativity bias Building psychological safety to break down systems of oppression

Building Belonging: The Diversity Gap In The Legal Pipeline Feb 15, 2023

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Tanya, Angie and Mary Ellen speak with Ashley Bernal, Director of Research and Impact for ProInspire. Ashley was the Research Consultant for a City Bar report that made recommendations about diversifying and strengthening the pipeline to the legal profession. Ashley helped us understand the findings of the report. She also talked to us about some of the hierarchies in the educational system that work against DEIB. And we talked about the way that students fall out of the legal pipeline because legal education is often designed to be unsupportive. Read Ashley's report, The Diversity Gap: Black and Latinx Disparities in the Legal Pipeline (https://bit.ly/3YwbRI8), and the City Bar's report on legal pipeline program, Sealing the Leaks: Recommendations to Diversify and Strengthen the Pipeline to the Legal Profession (https://bit.ly/3I1eNFS).

Building Belonging: Empowering Communities with Affinity Groups Dec 09, 2022

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Tanya, Angie and Mary Ellen speak with Zila Acosta Grimes, Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton. Zila’s roots in New York’s Latinx community and legal community run deep. She shares her own immersive upbringing in those communities, and shares her playbook for building affinity groups that make inclusive and powerful spaces for communities not traditionally represented in the law. Make an impact by being a part of our work: Join the City Bar (admission fee waived) using this membership form: bit.ly/3qEJqbV Join a City Bar committee: bit.ly/3xqT8SI Sign up for our newsletter to keep up on all ODEIB programs, events, and news: bit.ly/3qE5raK

Mindful Lawyering Episode 3 - Positive Lawyering Dec 06, 2022

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Committee member Aimee Latorre speaks with Professor Jordana Confino of Fordham Law School. Jordana shares the wisdom of positive lawyering that she teaches to Fordham Law students, underlining the power and practices of self-compassion and a growth mindset. More resources from the Mindfulness and Well-Being in Law Committee: https://bit.ly/3yZEyn8 Ethereal Meditation by Maarten Schellekens is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. No changes were made to this track.

Building Belonging: a DEI Practitioner's Perspective Nov 15, 2022

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Tanya, Angie and Mary Ellen speak with Yusuf Zakir, Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Davis Wright Tremaine. Yusuf shares his own journey into the DEIB space, the ways in which he invites colleagues into that space, and the way in which he has developed his firm’s approach to DEIB. Make an impact by being a part of our work: Join the City Bar (admission fee waived) using this membership form: https://bit.ly/3qEJqbV Join a City Bar committee: https://bit.ly/3xqT8SI Sign up for our newsletter to keep up on all ODEIB programs, events, and news: https://bit.ly/3qE5raK

Racial Justice Commission Measures on Your New York City Ballot Oct 27, 2022

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Staff from City Bar Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging sat down with a Commissioner and the Special Counsel for the New York City Racial Justice Commission to discuss the process through which the Commission chose the measures that will appear on New York City ballots, and what changes New Yorkers can expect if the measures pass. Learn more about the Racial Justice Commission ballot measures at the RJC website: https://racialjustice.cityofnewyork.us/ Don't Forget! Early voting in NYC begins on October 29. Learn more about early voting: https://www.nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/early-voting/

Building Belonging: Everything, Everytime, But Not All At Once Oct 11, 2022

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Tanya Martinez-Gallinucci, Executive Director of the Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging; Angie Avila, ODEIB Manager of Development and Communications; and Mary Ellen La Rosa, ODEIB Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator; speak with Lissette Duran, Senior ESG Associate at Paul Weiss. Lissette shares her experience of being lifted up in the journey of her career; how she has claimed a place in new spaces even while embracing her identity; and how she has safeguarded her sense of identity in the spaces that she chooses. Make an impact by being a part of our work: Join the City Bar (admission fee waived) using this membership form: bit.ly/3qEJqbV Join a City Bar committee: bit.ly/3xqT8SI Sign up for our newsletter to keep up on all ODEIB programs, events, and news: bit.ly/3qE5raK Uptown by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Building Belonging: Professionalism as a Racial Construct Sep 15, 2022

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Tanya Martinez-Gallinucci, ODEIB Executive Director, Angie Avila, ODEIB Manager of Development and Communications, and Mary Ellen La Rosa, ODEIB Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator speak with Leah Goodridge about her article Professionalism as a Racial Construct and discuss how “professionalism” is used to subjugate marginalized groups. Read Leah's Article "Professionalism as a Racial Construct": https://bit.ly/3DtLeMh Make an impact by being a part of our work: Join the City Bar (admission fee waived) using this membership form: https://bit.ly/3qEJqbV Join a City Bar committee: https://bit.ly/3xqT8SI Sign up for our newsletter to keep up on all ODEIB programs, events, and news: https://bit.ly/3qE5raK Uptown by Independent Music Licensing Collective (IMLC) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Building Belonging: Reflections On What Comes Next Jul 13, 2022

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The staff of the City Bar Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging discuss what Belonging means to them, the future of DEIB, the challenging work ahead, and weaving Belonging into our work every single day. Contact diversity@nycbar.org to learn how you can be involved in future episodes.

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