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Aug. 11, 2022

Implicit bias not properly understood in the legal field

Mark B. Baer

Mark works as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant and teaches a course on implicit bias.

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On Aug.10, the Daily Journal published an article by Scott J. Nord, a Los Angeles Superior Court Family Law Commissioner, titled Neo-Nazism, Flat Earthers, and Vaccine Deniers, Custody Disputes When A Parent Has Nontraditional Views. The most important piece of information Nord provided in that article, in my opinion, is the following:

"To ensure that personal prejudices, biases, and beliefs are not considered in making family...

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