This month we offer a potpourri of resources that touch on the various issues related to diversity.  The first is from the Washington State Bar Association continuing legal education program held in October 2004 titled The Advantages of Anti-Bias Awareness, Cultural Competency, and Respecting Diversity.  This cle includes the WSBA “Report from Committee for Diversity:  Accomplishments and Goals”.  It also includes excerpts from the Washington State Minority and Justice Task Force Final Report, Final Report of 2001 Self-Audit for Gender and Racial Equity: a Survey of Washington Law Firms, and Judges’ Benchguide on Sexual Orientation and the Law.

Of interest in our family law section is Family Law Fall Conference: Protecting the Rights of Relationships – Advising the Unmarried or Gay/Lesbian Couple, Washington State Bar Association, 2004.  and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples, 10th ed., Nolo, 1999.

In the area of estate planning we have Estate Planning for the Same-Sex Couples by Joan M. Burda from the American Bar Association, 2004 and Inheritance Law and the Evolving Family by Ralph C. Brasheier, 2004.

Other books of note:

Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights, by Alba Conte, Aspen Publishers, 1998.

Religion in the Workplace: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Rights and Responsibilities by Michael Wolf, American Bar Association, 1998.

Sexual Harassment in the Public Workplace, by Benjamin E. Griffith, editor, American Bar Association, 2001.

Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Work Place, by Lawrence Solotoff, Law Journal Press, 1994.