Being Explicit About Implicit Bias

Conceptions of racial justice have been revolutionized in recent years by the discovery and documentation of implicit racial bias—subconscious negative associations about people of color that affect conscious behavior— within wide segments of the American population. Legal scholars and practitioners have begun to explore how implicit racial bias affects the development and application of the law. Can the law meaningfully address implicit racial bias, and if so, how? What concrete actions can law students, law professors, practitioners and judges take to increase awareness of implicit racial bias and develop legal solutions to minimize the impact of it on the daily lives of people of color?

 

Speakers -

 

Hon. Mark Bennett, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Iowa (moderator)

Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity

Rachel Godsil, Eleanor Bontecou Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law

L. Song Richardson, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law