Are you ready to make your office more accessible? Our Equity in Action blog series is moving to step six from our Six Steps to Make Your Legal Workplace more Equitable – identifying opportunities to make your office more accessible. There are many ways to make your office more accessible to those with physical and nonphysical disabilities. Learn more about the definition of disability, types of disabilities, what it means to be accessible in our recent blog post Equity in Action: Defining Disability and the New Disability Equity Committee.

Do you ask your clients how they would like to be treated? Our Equity in Action blog series is moving on to the fifth step in our Six Steps to Make Your Legal Workplace more Equitable – asking your clients and colleagues how they would like to be treated. The best way to assess your client or colleague’s needs is to ask directly, rather than making assumptions based on stereotypes. Let’s review a scenario that you or your colleagues may find yourselves in:

Does your workplace value diverse experiences in hiring? Our Equity in Action blog series is moving on to step four from our Six Steps to Make Your Legal Workplace more Equitable – valuing diverse experiences in hiring. Some of the most valued experiences in hiring are inaccessible to people, often for financial reasons. Let’s review two scenarios that you or your colleagues may find yourselves in: