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W2531 – Professionalism as a Racial Construct
This session explores the theory of professionalism as a racial construct with the framework for challenging inequity, classism, elitism, and racism in the workplace.
Course Category: Live Webinars
Course Level: Basic
CLE Credit: Non-substantive
Start Date and Time (CT): Friday, July 25, 2025 12:00 pm
CLE Hours: 2.0
Fees: $59 for Members and $80 for Non-members
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Description: This session explores the theory of professionalism as a racial construct, a framework for challenging inequity, classism, elitism, and racism in the workplace. Based on the presenter’s renowned essay of the same name, the theory unpacks how the concept of professionalism is often unequally applied along racial lines.
Course Year: 2025
Instructor: Leah Goodridge
Leah Goodridge is an award-winning tenants’ rights attorney with over a decade of experience fighting against gentrification and displacement in New York courts. She is best known for her work advancing the tenant movement and her writings on workplace equity. Leah has received two bar association awards for her impact on the legal profession and is the author of the widely influential UCLA Law Review article, Professionalism as a Racial Construct. She lectures nationwide on housing rights and workplace equity and her work has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Dame, Forbes, and The Appeal.
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