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YOUR VOICE

COMMUNITY * CAREER * PROFESSION * PRACTICE MANAGEMENT * SERVICE

A NOT-SO-BIAS-FREE
HIRING PROCESS?

I read with interest the article on
the potential for AI to remove or
User Data, Privacy & Big Tech
reduce implicit bias in hiring, particularly regarding the use of "cognitive games" in the hiring process
("Coding Out Implicit Bias With
AI," October 2019). Something
new, I thought, until I came across
CODING OUT
IMPLICIT BIAS
Hardware Hacking Dangers
the following: "The only way for
WITH AI
any law firm to know for sure
[whether the games work] is to
hire half of the associates based
on the games and [the other] half
on the old criteria and process.
Six months out the firm can look and see who is performing better, and
then they'll know whether the games work." But isn't the firm's "look
and see" subject to its own implicit bias?
Jonathan Schwartz
Marina del Rey, California

Richard Waysdorf
Denver, Colorado

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR MAGAZINE

OCTOBER 2019

REWRITING THE RULES

Proud Member
Benefit Provider

NO ONE WRITES LIKE JAKE
Perhaps the most inspired decision
of your editorial tenures was to start
reprinting old columns of Jake Stein
as the "Last Word." The most recent,
"E=Procrastination= MC2" (October
2019), reminded me of my own pure
joy of reading Jake's columns every
month since I joined the D.C. Bar
in 1978. A couple of my old senior
partners at my original firm were
poker buddies with Jake, and I met
this sweet, brilliant lawyer a few
times. As a failed creative writing
major in college (ergo, on to law school), I have always been in
complete awe of his turn of a phrase and his wry humor. Seeing these
old essays again after a decade or more, [it's] as if they are brand new,
as I remember so little as I'm myself now an elder. Thanks for bringing
Jake back on paper. We must appreciate this unique character.

THANK YOU!
Thank you to the following program partners for their support
of the Elaine Weiss Book Talk & Signing:

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2020 Conference. For more information about the conference and the programming leading up to it,
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Digital Extras
Your Voice
From Our President
Practice Management
Calendar Of Events
The Opioid Litigation Wars
The Art Of Wellness: Law Firms Get Creative
Combating Secondary Trauma
Debating The Path Forward On Health Care Reform
Taking The Stand
On Further Review
Member Spotlight
Worth Reading
Attorney Briefs
Speaking Of Ethics
Disciplinary Summaries
Community & Connections
Special Section: Counting Down To The 2020 Conference
Last Word
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Your Voice
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - From Our President
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Calendar Of Events
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - The Opioid Litigation Wars
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - The Art Of Wellness: Law Firms Get Creative
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - On Further Review
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Member Spotlight
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Worth Reading
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Attorney Briefs
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Disciplinary Summaries
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Washington Lawyer - January/February 2020 - Special Section: Counting Down To The 2020 Conference
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