Many professionals in the legal community believe that they are enlightened, and they actively support diversity and inclusion. Virtually, every law firm has a diversity and inclusion page on its website. But most of us are unaware of our biases. To truly become diverse and embrace everyone equally, we must identify our biases and make a conscious effort to change our behavior.

In 2012, I was introduced to an implicit bias survey designed by a group at Harvard to help people identify their unknown biases. The survey takes approximately 30 minutes of your undivided attention to effectively participate. The link to ”Harvard Business Review Implicit Bias” survey is https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/. Before taking this survey, I was convinced I was unbiased, a person who treated all people equally. I was under the impression that I complied with equal opportunity laws, not only in hiring but in all my professional interactions. I believed that my personal interactions were unbiased as well. When I took the survey, I chose three categories: gender, race and age.