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Farhana Khera

Who is Farhana Khera?

Farhana Khera is a renowned civil rights lawyer and strategic advisor. She specializes in civil rights audits and monitoring, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and advancing racial equity in corporate practices.

Khera has three decades of experience in advancing justice and equality. She uses her expertise to advise companies, investors, and other institutions on how to build inclusive spaces, products, and policies. Her work focuses on helping institutions evaluate and align their policies with their values.

What are Farhana Khera professional offerings?

As a strategic civil rights advisor and auditor, Farhana Khera offers a comprehensive range of solutions, including:

  • Civil rights and racial equity audits to evaluate an institution’s policies and practices for potential bias and inequitable impacts. This ensures that company activities align with civil rights legal principles and promote racial equity.
  • Racial equity advice and assessments to identify gaps in racial equity within institutions. Farhana Khera can then advise on strategies to close these gaps and foster inclusivity.
  • Independent monitoring to ensure compliance with civil rights settlements and consent decrees. As an independent auditor, Khera offers her legal and policy expertise to provide objective oversight, foster accountability, and ensure all parties fulfill their obligations.

What is a civil rights audit?

A civil rights audit is a detailed review of an institution’s policies, practices, and products. The goal is  to identify potential bias and provide guidance on how the company can address these risks. 

By identifying these risks through a civil rights audit, companies can address civil rights challenges more effectively. As a civil rights auditor, Khera ensures institutions fulfill their legal obligations, as well as their commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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What is Farhana Khera’s background in law and civil rights?

Farhana Khera has spent 30 years promoting racial justice and equity. After attending Wellesley College for her undergraduate studies, she earned a law degree from Cornell Law School. She has served as a civil rights policy expert and strategic advisor throughout her career.

Khera’s expertise includes legal advisory on civil rights issues, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as independent auditing for companies looking to identify and address bias risks. As a distinguished civil rights lawyer, she has become a trusted resource for institutions navigating complex civil rights issues.

What task force is Farhana Khera involved with?

Farhana Khera has contributed her expertise to several institutions. She is currently a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence. This task force works to evaluate the implications of artificial intelligence on the legal profession and society more broadly. They help to shape guidelines and recommendations to protect privacy, intellectual property, and other rights and protections in AI products and applications.

Farhana Khera’s work on this ABA Task Force focuses on AI bias risks.