Children’s Law Center of Minnesota invites you to a special CLE program, Neurodiversity for Legal Professionals, featuring attorney, advocate, and international speaker Sierra Grandy. This session will explore the meaning of neurodiversity, how it intersects with the legal profession, and practical strategies to foster inclusion in legal practice and workplaces.
Through lived experience, professional expertise, and advocacy, Sierra will offer tools to help attorneys and legal professionals better support clients, colleagues, and themselves in a more inclusive environment.
Agenda
- Roadmap, Icebreaker, and Introduction (∼ 15 minutes)
- What is Neurodiversity? (∼ 30 minutes)
- Legal field relevant statistics
- Definition and introduction to neurodiversity
- Different definitions of disability
- A discussion on ableism
- Neurodivergent conditions
- Strengths of a neurodiverse workplace & community
- Supporting Yourself and Others (∼ 30 minutes)
- Executive function
- Accessibility & accommodations
- Supporting clients with high support needs
- Supporting neurodivergent children
- Self-accommodation ideas
- Inclusive ideas to implement in the workplace
- Conclusion, Discussion, and Audience Q&A (∼ 15 minutes)
About the Speaker
Sierra Grandy is an international speaker, attorney, advocate, and founder of Questify Your Life LLC. With a background in law and personal lived experience, she leads discussions on topics such as neurodiversity in the workplace, mental health recovery, and gamification for personal growth.
She currently serves as Minnesota’s Representative and 2nd Vice Chair on the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s (NAMI) Peer Leadership Council, as a Council Member and LAC Workgroup Chair on Minnesota’s State Advisory Council on Mental Health, and as the Education Committee Chair for the Minnesota Disability Bar Association.
Learn more at sierragrandy.com
Registration
This event is part of CLC’s Legal Library CLE series.
To register:
- Email ehillebrand@clcmn.org to receive a password for the Legal Library.
- Once you have the password, complete your registration here:
Live Continuing Legal Education (CLE) – Children’s Law Center of Minnesota
Why Attend?
- Gain practical tools to better support clients and colleagues.
- Deepen your understanding of neurodiversity and disability in the legal field.
- Earn CLE credit while advancing inclusivity in your practice.
- Join a conversation that blends lived experience, research, and actionable strategies.