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.comRelated 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
- June 13, 2024. Amran Farah to Present on Elimination of Bias for Workers' Compensation Claims Read More
- June 11, 2024. John Baker, Chad Blumenfield, and Amran Farah to Present at the FBA 48th Annual Federal Practice Seminar Read More
- May 20, 2024. Sybil Dunlop, Jenny Gassman-Pines, and Davida Williams to Present at Minnesota CLE's 2023 Employment Law Institute Read More
Articles & Publications
- December 16, 2024. Jenny Gassman-Pines Co-Authors Article on Supreme Court Decision's Impact on Employment Law and DEI Read More
- 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
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS
Surya Saxena Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers
Founded in 1950, the College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Jenny Gassman-Pines Recognized by Minnesota Lawyer as 2024 Top Women in the Law Honoree
Minnesota Lawyer’s Top Women in Law recognition celebrates the outstanding achievements of women in Minnesota’s legal community.
Greene Espel Attorneys Recognized on the 2025 Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch Lists
Best Lawyers compiles its annual recognition by a comprehensive peer review survey which is designed to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
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.