JAMS is the premier provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, with more than 500 neutrals across 29 locations. In 2025, JAMS received nearly 22,000 new case filings and handled more than 28,000 matters during the year. Since its founding in 1979, the organization’s distinguished panel has included retired federal and state court judges, former litigators, transactional attorneys and other ADR professionals with deep industry and practice area experience.
JAMS offers customized in-person, virtual and hybrid resolution services to provide a seamless experience through concierge-level client care, highly skilled case managers and advanced technology. With a legacy of trust and innovation, JAMS helps parties find the way forward so they can focus on what matters most.
This diverse panel of retired judges will explore implicit bias and offer a resource for testing your own biases—the Implicit Association Test (IAT)—before moving on to a discussion of the Batson standard, including legal challenges based on the standard in ADR proceedings.
JAMS is steadfast in pursuing increased diversity among ADR
practitioners.We recognize the benefits of recruiting and retaining
the most qualified ADR professionals inclusive of varied ethnicity,
race, gender, religion and sexual orientation.
This diverse panel of retired judges will explore implicit bias
and offer a resource for testing your own biases—the Implicit
Association Test (IAT)—before moving on to a discussion of
the Batson standard, including legal challenges based on
the standard in ADR proceedings.
Attendees will learn about what JAMS is doing to promote
diversity, equity and inclusion goals in ADR and how they can
help.
In this webinar, attendees will learn:
CORE QUESTIONS:
...how to define implicit bias and how it is manifested in a
variety of contexts;
...how to raise awareness of the mental shortcuts that lead to
snap judgments;
...how to apply strategies that can be used to minimize the
impacts of implicit bias.
Time will be reserved for Q&A.
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