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In today’s legal environment, lawyers are expected not only to know the law, but to demonstrate professional judgment rooted in fairness, respect, and ethical decision-making—across client interactions, workplace leadership, and professional conduct.
DEI for Lawyers: Risk, Reputation, and Professional Survival delivers a clear, practice-driven framework for understanding how unconscious bias, privilege, and intersectionality can shape everyday legal realities— from hiring and mentorship to performance feedback, client communication, credibility assessments, and advocacy.
This seminar is grounded in real-world professional context, drawing on history, ethics, and practical experience to help participants sharpen their judgment, strengthen working relationships, and navigate complex conversations with clarity and confidence.
Designed intentionally in a lawyer-to-lawyer format, the program supports thoughtful dialogue, respects diverse viewpoints, and equips participants with practical strategies aligned with professional obligations in both Canada and the United States.
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This seminar is deliberately lawyer-to-lawyer, grounded in history, ethics, and practice—not ideology. It respects free expression, encourages honest dialogue, and fulfills professional obligations without preaching.
Privilege and Unconscious Bias
Welcome & Framing
Elimination of Bias
DEI in Legal Practice & Professional Responsibility
Diversity in the practice of law
Equity in the practice of law
Inclusion in the practice of law
DEI Cheat Sheet
Intersectionality & Legal Requirements
Intersectionality
Legal and ethical requirements
Final remarks, conclusions, and practical applications
Closing Note :
This seminar is deliberately lawyer-to-lawyer, grounded in history, ethics, and practice—not ideology. It respects free expression, encourages honest dialogue, and fulfills professional obligations without preaching.
Andy Semotiuk is a cross-border immigration lawyer admitted to the bars of New York and California in the United States, as well as Ontario and British Columbia in Canada. He has supported over 10,000 clients throughout his career—helping individuals navigate complex immigration and cross-border legal challenges with experience, precision, and professionalism.
Over the years, Andy has also built a strong reputation as a respected communicator and thought leader on immigration and international themes. He has travelled extensively and delivered talks around the world, including in the U.K., Hong Kong, New Delhi, Ukraine, and Fiji, bringing a global perspective and real-world insight to every presentation and training session.
He is also a recognized author and contributor in the field. As a current Forbes contributor, his articles on immigration have reached more than one million readers. He is also a former United Nations correspondent, writing on international law, immigration, and human rights themes, and previously contributed to Canada’s Southam newspaper chain.
Highly regarded for his leadership and communication skills, Andy was formerly a member of both the National Speakers Association in the United States and the Canadian Professional Speakers Association in Canada—professional associations requiring recognized speaking credentials for membership. He also earned the prestigious Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) designation, a milestone recognizing exceptional speaking and leadership abilities and achieved by less than one percent of the approximately 330,000 Toastmasters members worldwide.
As an educator, Andy taught courses on effective presentation skills, journalism, and the development of human potential at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He previously taught public speaking in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and has delivered presentations in law, business, and history in similar venues.
Andy is the author of four books, including The Young Professional (Cengage Learning, Boston, MA), A Promise Kept: A Tribute to a Mother’s Love (Create Space Independent Publishing Network), Solomea: Star of Opera’s Golden Age (Rodovid Publishing and Courageous Heart Productions), and A Treasure Chest of Humor (self-published).
He also served for three years as a Member of the Tribunal Panel of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, adjudicating cases involving federal human rights complaints. As a lawyer, he has appeared before the Canadian Immigration Appeal Division, the Refugee Board, and federal and provincial civil and criminal courts.
Andy holds a law degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver through a combined Business–Law program, and he currently practices U.S. and Canadian immigration law with Pace Law Firm in Toronto.
U.S. and Canadian immigration law
International law, immigration, and human rights themes
Public speaking and effective presentation skills
Journalism and professional communication
Immigration writing and thought leadership
Cross-border legal perspectives and immigration advocacy
This Live webinar program contains 3 hours of EDI Professionalism content from LSO.*
This program contains 3 hours of Approved CPD content from The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC).
3 hours of Continuing Education (CE) for the mandatory continuing education requirement from the Barreau du Québec**
3 hours of Continuing Education (CE) for the mandatory continuing education requirement from the Law Society of Alberta***
Application for New York accreditation of this course or program is currently pending
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*As EDI Professionalism Hours are a subset of Professionalism Hours, the same EDI hour counts for both EDI and regular Professionalism CPD hours and the extra hours goes toward Substantive CPD Hours.
**After completing the workshop, a 3-hour Continuing Education Certificate will be given to you which can be used to accumulate your Mandatory Continuing Education requirement (FCO) from the Barreau du Québec. As indicated in the Guide to Mandatory Continuing Professional Development members must complete at least 30 hours of professional development activities related to the practice of law during each two-year reporting period and are responsible for selecting the training activities that best meet their professional development needs.
***After completing the workshop, a 3-hour Continuing Education Certificate will be given to you which can be used to support your Continuing Professional Development requirements with the Law Society of Alberta. As indicated by the Law Society of Alberta’s Continuing Professional Development program, lawyers are responsible for planning and maintaining their professional development and for determining whether a learning activity qualifies as CPD and should be recorded in their CPD Profile/Plan.
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