NJSBA Family Law Section

Good morning Family Law Section members,

On Wednesday, Dec. 15, NJICLE will present Webcast- Family Law Experts and Implicit Bias from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

Attorneys routinely use experts in family litigation. Whether they are court-appointed or retained by litigants, judges often site expert conclusions and recommendations in their decisions. Expert opinions matter and can profoundly impact the outcome of a divorce, custody, abuse, relocation and other pre- or post judgment family matter.

An attorney needs to be aware of implicit bias when working with an expert, both their own and the adversary or court appointed expert. An attorney’s selection of an expert can reveal bias. Most lawyers will select an expert they are comfortable working with and hopefully play a supportive role in litigation. Even though experts are supposed to be impartial and objective, they also have biases, often cultural, which can profoundly impact an outcome, if left unexamined and unchallenged. Our lunchtime webinar will help you understand how experts’ underlying implicit biases can influence their conclusions and recommendations and examine ways you can challenge them.

FACULTY
Moderator/Speaker:
Albertina Webb, Esq.
President-Elect, Hispanic Bar Association
Hill Wallack, Red Bank

Speakers:
Hon. Marie E. Lihotz, PJAD (Ret.)
Archer Law, Haddonfield
Mitch Abrams, PsyD
Fords and Tinton Falls
Matheu Nunn, Esq.
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost & Botwinick, PC, Denville
Amy L. Miller Esq.
Past Chair, District X Fee Arbitration Committee
Jacobs Berger, LLC, Morristown

TOPICS
Explanation of Bias and Different Types of Bias

• Role Bias
• Financial Bias
• Underutilization of base rate Bias
• Diagnostic Momentum Bias
• Confirmatory Bias
• Others

Addressing Bias Head On

• Discovery
• Depositions
• Testing
• Learned treatises/articles
• Preparation of your expert to address bias – theirs and others
• The art of cross-examination

Selection and Use of an Expert

• How and why to use an Expert
• Dealing with Your Expert’s Bias
• Using the expert to prepare to cross-examine the other expert
• Tips on selecting an expert
• Due diligence
• Prior reports – forensic v. CNA
• Understanding occupational hazards using experts

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 3.0 qualify as hours of credit for diversity and inclusion.
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 3.0 credits (50 minute hour), including 3.0 diversity and inclusion credit.
PA CLE: 2.5 ethics credits pending ($12 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt): 3.0 diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias credits

The tuition for NJSBA members is $145. The general tuition is $180.

Click here to register for Webcast - Family Law Experts and Implicit Bias.

For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

All the best,
Barb

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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