Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Jul. 6, 2023
Listening to hear is a start, but it’s also important to fairly consider conflicting viewpoints
Judges are supposed to decide cases in an impartial manner. This does not mean that judges are free of bias (which is humanly impossible); rather, it means that judges are supposed to possess the character and integrity to do the work required to keep their biases in check, to the extent humanly possible.
Mark B. Baer
Mark works as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant and teaches a course on implicit bias.
This is the second of a series of articles for this column addressing different ways in which unchecked biases cause people to constrict the information they are able and willing to receive. As previously mentioned in the June 1 column, when constriction occurs, as it pertains to certai...
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