Family law ADR qualification course hours
0.00 - Mediation
0.00 - Arbitration
0.00 - Parenting Coordinator
0.00 - Family Violence
Description
This program will address key employment law issues at the intersection of law and psychology in a clear and pragmatic way. Claims of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, including those related to mental disabilities, accommodation, and religious belief are profoundly impacted by the range of emotions that motivate employees and employers. This program brings together a representative of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a psychiatrist on every panel, and prominent California practitioners from the employee rights and management bars to address current and novel employment law claims. They will identify key legal issues and ways in which psychological factors influence the employees, managers, and employers engaged in conflict. Speakers will transcend jargon, identify practical ways of working together, and describe effective strategies to avoid, pursue, and resolve litigation.
This program also considers the nature and prevalence of neurodiversity within the workforce generally, and among California attorneys, in particular. Bias against neurodivergent attorneys may impact recruitment, hiring, training, and accommodation. Our panel will help employment lawyers to recognize the value of neurodiversity and to uncover biases that arise from sources as unexpected as the algorithms used to help make hiring and promotion decisions. Additionally, this program will address the ethical considerations that arise when California employment lawyers and mental health professionals are aligned or adverse during litigation. Speakers will discuss discovery in litigation, including requests for information about psychiatric and family history, diagnoses, and psychological and medical treatment records. They will also address ethical implications of disclosure of patient confidences by treating therapists during litigation. Our legal and psychiatric experts will consider the ethical and professional responsibilities of attorneys and mental health professionals when they pursue or protect sensitive psychiatric information.