Neurodiversity in the Legal Workplace - CANCELLED
Hosted by the DBA YLD
Start Date - End Date
November 14, 2024
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Neurodiversity in the Legal Workplace
November 14 | 5:00 - 6:15 p.m.
DBA Office, 1290 Broadway St., Suite 1700, Denver, CO 80203
Program Description:
Neurodiversity refers to differences in how people think, learn, process information, communicate, collaborate, and understand the world around them. It includes conditions such as autism, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, and many others. In this session, attendees will learn about common ways that different neurotypes experience the world differently, and in particular, how that shows up in the workplace. The presentation will include suggested strategies for attendees to make their offices more neuroinclusive.
Speaker Bio:
River Sedaka (they/she) is a public defender with eight years of experience representing indigent defendants in Colorado’s appellate courts. They hail from Toronto, where they studied intersectional social justice movements at the University of Toronto. River attended law school at Northwestern University, where the 2014 police murder of Michael Brown opened her eyes to the racial and economic injustices at the heart of the criminal legal system, inspiring her to pursue a career in public defense.
River has felt a lifelong calling to achieve justice and liberation for society’s most marginalized, and centers equity and inclusion issues in her advocacy—both in the courtroom and within the public defender system. River is openly autistic, ADHD, transgender, queer, and non-binary, and recognizes that her white privilege informs her experience of those identities. They are an active member of Colorado’s legal community, regularly presenting on appellate practice and EDI issues.
Pricing:
DBA Member - $10.00
Non-Member - $15.00
Student - free
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Registration Fees
| Price Description | Amount |
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| DBA Member | $10.00 |
| Non-Member | $15.00 |
| Student | $0.00 |
| Student | $0.00 |
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