IDEA Assessment Tool for AHLA Leadership 

This form serves as a standardized tool to monitor leadership groups’ efforts to advance inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) goals in furtherance of the Association’s statement of commitment. The AHLA Board and the Membership, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (Membership-IDEA) Committee will use this information to assess the success of the Association’s current strategies, and to consider other ways to promote IDEA in Association activities.


NOTE: AHLA staff provides an annual dashboard to the leadership that highlights demographic data of volunteers that is self-reported by members. The dashboard includes the number and percentage of members who answer questions related to their racial or ethnic diversity, disability and veteran status, gender, and sexual orientation.

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Practice Group or Special Council*

Please indicate the Practice Group or Special Council for which you are submitting.

Program Planning Committee

Please indicate the Program Planning Committee (PPC) for which you are submitting.

Please indicate which of the following steps the leadership group undertook:

The PG/Council carefully reviewed information identified on the Call for Volunteers/Call for Leaders forms relating to diversity and demographic information of the candidates.*
The PG/Council leaders personally reached out to contacts who were diverse to encourage them to submit a volunteer application and/or to recommend other candidates.*
The PG/Council leadership asked previous volunteers, Program Planning Committee leaders, former program faculty, and personal colleagues to canvas their professional networks for individuals who would be interested in learning about volunteer opportunities.*
The PG/Council obtained input from Program Planning Committee leadership and/or staff about individuals who submitted proposals to speak and carefully considered these individuals for a volunteer opportunity.*
The PG/Council leadership completed or updated their demographic information within their MyAHLA profile and encouraged AHLA member-volunteers to do the same.*
The PG/Council was creative and flexible in selecting volunteers for activities, including being open to offering opportunities (solo or paired with another) to previously unknown individuals.*
The PG/Council emphasized the importance of AHLA's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) goals during educational calls, virtual networking events, and encouraged members to consider volunteering.*
The PG/Council leaders attended receptions at AHLA in-person programs and networked with and encouraged diverse individuals to submit volunteer applications.*
The PG/Council reviewed programming by minority bar and other associations to identify potential volunteers and encouraged them to submit a volunteer application.*
The PG/Council reviewed the demographic data surrounding the pool of volunteers and assessed progress and results. The leadership assessed which methods aimed at identifying and encouraging participation of individuals were and were not successful.*
In anticipation of the next planning cycle, the PG/Council assigned responsibilities among those whose service will be continuing on the PG/Council to ensure activities identified under Building the Pipeline are being undertaken.*
The PG/Council completed and submitted this Assessment Tool by June 1.*
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