MHLD Raising Racial Bias Issues in your Cases

The MHLD Training Unit, along with MHLD Staff and Panel Present:
Raising Racial Bias Issues in your Cases

 Investigate the role of racial bias in the treatment of your client at sectioning, admission, and petition phases to demonstrate discriminatory targeting, disparate treatment and unlawful practices in your commitment and guardianship cases.

Come join us for this collaborative training examining how to effectively advocate and tell your clients’ stories by exploring the use of racial bias in your case theory.

April 14^th from 1-3pm on Zoom

2 CLE Credits: MHLD Trial Panel and MHLD Appellate Panel

 We will begin with an interactive panel discussion to explore: relevant research and data on how race impacts our BIPOC clients disparately in the Mental Health System; the clinical perspective including cultural competency and racial trauma; and how our colleagues have raised race in their cases.

After the panel, we will then break out into small groups for all to brainstorm practical ways to use our knowledge about the impact of racial bias on the treatment of our clients to litigate race and educate the court in concrete ways.

After the training, you will be able to:

• Understand how racial bias impacts our BIPOC clients in commitment and guardianship cases;
• Recognize ways to educate the court about the impact of racial bias on our clients which results in inaccurate diagnosis and inequitable treatment; and
• Identify effective cross & direct examination chapters that reflect the impact of racial bias

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdOmppz0uGdCyjKgZ8ZqcYx0i76g3hCSj

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.