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Cultural awareness is a basic understanding that there is diversity in cultures across populations. The phrase “cultural competence” is often used interchangeably with “cultural humility.” Yet the two terms are not synonymous. The two concepts differ because while cultural competence entails more effort than just recognizing one’s culture, cultural humility is still largely effortless. Join us at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20 as University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Dean Renée Hutchins, JD, discusses the importance of cultural awareness, competency, and humility, the differences, and why they matter.
Light reception to follow.
This event is an in-person event with a virtual option for individuals who are at Shady Grove and/or teleworking.
Register and more information can be found here: https://calendar.umaryland.edu/?month=02&day=20&year=2023&view=fulltext&id=d.en.642771×tamp=1676907000&
We look forward to you joining us.
Speaker Bio
Renée McDonald Hutchins became the 11th dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 2022. Previously, she was dean at the David A. Clarke School of Law, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) in Washington, D.C., from 2019 to 2022. Before her deanship at UDC, Hutchins was a member of the Maryland Carey Law faculty from 2004 to 2019.
Hutchins is a leading expert on the Fourth Amendment and criminal appellate practice. Her legal scholarship, which sits at the intersection of criminal procedure and social science, has been published in leading law journals and cited by numerous U.S. Courts of Appeals and state appellate courts. She authored the textbook "Developing Professional Skills: Criminal Procedure" and is co-author of the textbooks "Learning Criminal Procedure" and "Essential Lawyering Skills."
Hutchins earned her JD from Yale Law School and bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Spelman College. After law school, she clerked for the late Nathaniel R. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit before working as a federal prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. She also taught in NYU’s groundbreaking Lawyering Program.
Hutchins is on the board of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and a member of the American Law Institute.