March 28, 2018 – Biased? Me? How Lawyers Can Recognize and Improve Interpersonal Skills

March 6, 2018 - CLE

Date: March 28, 2018
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Mountain Time)
Cost: FREE
Credit Approval: 1 CLE Credit including 0.5 Ethics Credit

So much of the practice of law involved decision-making, and convincing others to make better decisions based upon fact rather than emotion. This course is intended to guide the attendees to appreciate how they involuntarily make decision and guide them to recognize and prevent bias. We’ll examine:

The biology of human decision-making, including emotion, mood, complex cognition, and reasoning
The psychology of decision-making, heuristics, and issue-framing
The seven steps to effective decision-making
Self-serving bias, confirmation bias, and epistemic closure
The backfire effect of receiving contradictory evidence
Crushing your insular cortex to relieve the stress of unacceptable truth
Justification and politicization
Tipping points to change misperceptions
Professional training received by judges
Strategies to prevent bias in your own decision-making
Strategies in communicating to third-parties

Faculty
Claude E. Ducloux has been licensed in Texas since 1977, and has also been licensed in California and Colorado. He is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has been awarded the State Bar of Texas’ highest award for Pro Bono Service in 2001, and in 2011, the annual award for lifetime contribution to CLE (the “Gene Cavin Award”), and has spoken in more than 150 live programs in fifteen states since Jan 1, 2013, and numerous nationwide live webcasts, where attendees regularly rate his presentations very highly. Mr. Ducloux has a long legacy of bar service, including being President of the Austin Bar Association, and serving as Chair of almost every major Bar-related entity, as well as the Texas Bar Foundation.