• videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month December 2, 2026 @ 1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Ethics and Specialty Credits
  • schedule 90 minutes

Avoiding Bias in Legal Practice: Representing Clients Across Cultures

Communication, Credibility Assessment, and Client Advocacy Across Cultural Differences

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE webinar will explore how cultural and religious differences may affect attorney-client communications, professional judgment, credibility, and overall legal representation. The panel will discuss working with clients from immigrant and culturally diverse communities while avoiding stereotypes and unsupported assumptions.

Description

Cultural background, religious practices, communication styles, and familiarity with the U.S. legal structure influence client interaction with counsel and the broader justice system. These differences can affect how attorneys, courts, and other process participants regard clients and witnesses from different cultures.

Recognizing when language, culture, or religion create barriers to communication and participation is critical to effective representation. Counsel must understand how differing conduct and using interpreters can affect perception and judgment from other justice participants.

Listen as our authoritative panel discusses cultural and religious considerations in client representation, communicating across language barriers, assessing for credibility and demeanor, and other practical approaches to improve advocacy and access to justice.

Presented By

Yaser Ali
Attorney
Yaser Ali Law

Mr. Ali is a wealth planning attorney licensed in Arizona and California. His practice is focused on developing and implementing tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies for high-net-worth clients that are consistent with their personal philosophies, values, and objectives. Recognized as a 40 under 40 award winner by the Phoenix Business Journal and the University of Florida Alumni Association, and as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine, Mr. Ali is proud to have structured over $100 million in sophisticated charitable gifts and bequests for his clients. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on issues relating to estate planning and religion, particularly with respect to sharia-compliant planning. As a consultant, Mr. Ali routinely provides guidance and support to other attorneys seeking to expand their expertise in this area, with a focus on helping them develop customized estate planning solutions for their high-net-worth clients. 

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Sarah G. Sauble
Attorney
Breit Biniazan

Prior to joining Breit Biniazan, Ms. Sauble worked on the defense side handling a variety of personal injury, premises liability, and product liability matters. Defending major retailers, including Fortune 100 companies, she gained a great deal of invaluable litigation experience, but she felt discontent that her “big wins” amounted to saving large corporations sums of money that are close to meaningless to that company, but would have been extraordinarily meaningful to the Plaintiff on the other side of the case. Having worked in insurance defense, Ms. Sauble has a unique ability to anticipate defenses and build strong personal injury cases on her clients’ behalf. Furthermore, her research skills and strong advocacy make her an incredible asset to the firm.

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Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

  • An excellent opportunity to earn Ethics CLE credits. Note: BARBRI cannot guarantee that this course will be approved for ethics credits in all states. To confirm, please contact our CLE department at pdservice@barbri.com.


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    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Wednesday, December 2, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 PM ET/ 10:00 AM PT

I. Culture, religion, and bias in legal practice

II. Building trust and communicating across cultures

III. Language access and working with interpreters

IV. Credibility, demeanor, and professional judgment

V. Religious and cultural issues in client representation

VI. Preparing clients and witnesses for legal proceedings

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • Recognizing cultural and religious differences without stereotyping
  • Cultural differences and their effect on communication, credibility, and professional judgment
  • Challenges and best practices for using interpreters effectively
  • Preparing clients and witnesses for legal proceedings while respecting cultural and religious differences