Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training and Speaking
We are nationally recognized speakers who provide energizing and inspiring trainings in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion space.
Our team of energizing and compelling speakers stands at the ready to address or provide training for your organization, group, or event.
We are thought leaders in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion space. Our team not only follows the latest research in this arena, we conduct our own research and publish in peer-reviewed journals. Our training programs are grounded in research comparing effective programs to ineffective ones so that we can deliver sustainable and measurable results for your workforce or workplace.
In addition to the programs described below, we can design customized trainings to meet your audience where they are, keep them engaged, and leave them feeling empowered and energized.
Examples of our trainings include:
- Employee Trainings
- Conscious inclusion in the workplace
- How bias is impacting your work
- Cultivating inclusion and cultural competence
- Preventing discrimination and harassment
- How to provide helpful feedback and combat bias
- Management Trainings
- Creating policies that drive change
- Improving hiring practices
- Providing non-biased feedback
- Retaining diverse talent
- Legal Industry Trainings
- Why the legal profession is the least diverse (and how to fix it)
- Conscious inclusion at your law firm
- Mitigating bias in the judiciary
- Mitigating bias in the courtroom
- Best practices to mitigate bias (for prosecutors)
- Best practices to mitigate bias (for defenders)
- Other Industry/Group Trainings
- We have tailored our diversity programming to address challenges facing multiple industries and groups including the real estate and banking industries, city employees, court reporters, engineers, firefighters, housing code officials, the judiciary, and mediators and arbitrators.
Our trainings are well-reviewed and award winning, recognized by both Minnesota Lawyer and the Hennepin County Bar Association.
Attorneys


Jenny Gassman-Pines
Attorney
jgassman-pines@greeneespel.com


Related Practices
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consulting
We are repeatedly called upon to help organizations craft customized, strategic solutions to address their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals and objectives.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Investigations
We are repeatedly called upon to conduct timely and comprehensive high-stakes internal investigations through a DEI lens.
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Employment Counseling
Greene Espel partners with employers to foster diverse and inclusive workplaces, to develop and implement employment policies, and to advise about the myriad of employment issues that may arise daily.
Events & Presentations
- May 11, 2023. Sybil Dunlop and Amran Farah to Present for Twin Cities Diversity in Practice Read More
- June 24, 2021. Event (6/24/2021 - 6/25/2021): Sybil Dunlop and Amran Farah to Present at the 2021 MSBA Convention Read More
- January 24, 2018. Sybil Dunlop to Present on “Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering and Leadership” Read More
Articles & Publications
- February 8, 2021. After 104 years, the Minnesota Law Review Elects its First Black Editor-In-Chief Read More
- October 18, 2020. 5 Ways Firms Can Avoid Female Attorney Exodus During Pandemic Read More
- June 22, 2020. Restructure Your Organization to Actually Advance Racial Justice Read More
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS
Chambers USA 2023 Recognizes Greene Espel for Litigation in Minnesota; Jeanette Bazis, Sybil Dunlop, and Kate Swenson Named Notable Practitioners
This year’s recognition highlights the firm’s “widely respected litigation group able to provide expertise across a range of commercial disputes, including both class actions and single-plaintiff claims.”
Award: Jenny Gassman-Pines Named 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Awards Honoree by Minnesota Lawyer
Each year, Minnesota Lawyer recognizes those who have made a significant impact with respect to diversity and inclusion on the greater community or within their organizations.
Amran Farah Selected as a 40 Under 40 Honoree by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
Greene Espel PLLP is delighted to announce that Amran Farah has been selected as a 2021 40 Under 40 honoree by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Effective diversity trainings leave participants energized to solve a collective problem. Effective diversity trainings leave participants equipped with the tools and knowledge to implement institutional and individual changes. And effective diversity trainings frame themselves as a starting point, not the end point, on a long journey.