Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Military: A Historical Review of Seminal Cases and Disparate Treatment of Minority Service Members (Webinar)

  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law
  • Map:
    Online Webinar, United States
  • Source: Pennsylvania > PA Pro Bono
Topics:
  • Civil Rights
  • Veterans/Military
  • Training
  • Access to Justice


A free non-CLE webinar entitled Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Military: A Historical Review of Seminal Cases and Disparate Treatment of Minority Service Members will be held on June 3, 2021 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Eastern. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. The second part is scheduled for June 8, 2021.

Joint Sponsors: ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice, ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law

Co-Sponsors: ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice, ABA Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities, ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, ABA Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline

This panel will provide an educational review from a historical perspective of discrimination and the lack of diversity and equity in the military, including historical changes in military justice designed to remove these disparities. It will also discuss the status of these matters in today’s Armed Services.

The discussion will include a review of several historic/seminal courts-martials where minority service members were convicted of crimes without adequate legal defense. It will include a brief discussion of the current findings related to disparity in military justice for minority service members, and it will review several of the Defense Department’s initiatives related to diversity and inclusion. Finally, the discussion will include any current initiatives and measures to counter this historically inequitable treatment in each of the services.

This panel includes those who have an interest and desire to help further the dialog, understanding, and education of all legal professionals in these areas.

Speakers:
  • Commander Sara de Groot – Executive Officer, Regional Legal Service Office Naval District Washington
  • Joshua Kastenberg – Associate Professor of Law and Lee & Leon Karelitz Professor in Evidence and Procedure, University of New Mexico School of Law
  • Lieutenant Colonel Carrie Ricci (ret.) – Associate General Counsel, Marketing, Regulatory, and Food Safety Programs, USDA
Moderator:
  • Patricia Harris – Member, ABA Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law

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