Bench & Bar DEI Committee Update

The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) committee seeks to educate, examine, and address DEI issues in legal profession. Topics include implicit bias in the legal profession, systemic barriers for various groups, bias training for the judiciary and bar, and the role of DEI factors in judicial evaluations. Over the years, Co-Chair Justice Michael B. Hyman, First Appellate District, has led various diversity initiatives for the judiciary and the CBA. Most recently, he has participated in the establishment of the CBA Diversity Inclusion Culture and Equity and Engagement (DICE) committee focused on tackling anti-minority sentiments and attitudes. Co-Chair Jaz Park, an employment law attorney, also brings experience leading DEI initiatives, as a co-chair of the Minority Bar CLE Conference as well as the chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity in the Legal Profession of the ISBA Steering Committee on Racial Inequality. Together, the co-chairs are hopeful that they will be able to bring necessary conversations to the fore in this section council.

Co-chairs:

Jaz Park
Justice Michael B. Hyman