Training Resources
Selected Resources Addressing Prejudice, Bias and Cultural/Cross Difference
Competency
Harvard Implicit Bias Test
Sue Bryant, The Five Habits: Building Cross-Cultural Competence in Lawyers, 8
Clin. L. Rev. 33, 64-99 (2001) (Article aimed at clinical teachers; assigned
pages describe a recommended methodology for students/lawyers to build
cross-cultural competence.);
Nelson P. Miller,
Beyond
Bias—Cultural Competence as a Lawyer Skill, Mich. B. J., June 2008 at 38,
Cynthia M. Ward & Nelson P. Miller,
The Role of Law
Schools in Shaping Culturally Competent Lawyers, Mich. B. J., Jan. 2010, at 16,
Jatrine Bentsi-Enchill, Client Communication:
Measuring Your Cross-Cultural Competence
Nelson P. Miller, Equality as Talisman: Getting Beyond Bias to Cultural Competence
as a Professional Skill, 25 T.M. Cooley L. Rev. 99 (2008).
Lisa Aronson Fontes, Interviewing clients across cultures: a practitioner's
guide (2008).
Marjorie A Silver, The affective assistance of counsel: practicing law as a healing
profession (2007).
Carwina Weng, Multicultural lawyering: teaching psychology to develop cultural self-awareness,
11 Clinical L. Rev. 369 (2005).
Kimberly Barrett and William George, Eds, Race, culture, psychology, & law
(2005).
Mayia Thao & Mona Tawatao, Developing cultural competence in legal services practice,
38 Clearinghouse Rev. 244 (2004).
Carolyn Copps Hartley, Practicing Culturally Competent Therapeutic Jurisprudence:
A Collaboration Between Social Work and Law, 14 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y
133 (2004).
“As a legal assistant with King County Bar Association’s Housing Justice Project,
I interviewed clients before they met with attorneys, organized paperwork and helped
identify relevant legal issues. I learned techniques to put distraught clients at
ease to encourage them to fully share their story to develop a comprehensive plan
to address all of the relevant legal issues at play in their cases. I noted how
language and cultural barriers made clients uncomfortable and did my best to address
and neutralize these issues in each interview. These seemingly basic skills are
best learned through practice and I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to improve
while providing a service to the community.”
“Far from detracting from my study of the law, I believe that these experiences
have provided context that has improved my understanding of issues that are raised
in class. Since the pro bono projects provide meaningful opportunities to hone skills
and make connections in the local community, I feel that I’ve benefited as much,
or perhaps even more, as the organizations have gained from my volunteer work. I
look forward to building on these experiences over the next two years of law school
to strengthen my ability to advocate for low income communities.”
-Celia M. Smalls, Class of 2013: KCBA Housing Justice Project; UW Immigrant Families
Advocacy Project; UW International Human Rights Shadow Letter Project