Overview
Scenario: Human resource manager Preeti Singh receives a request to advertise for and
hire another Family Law – Domestic Abuse Caseworker for the legal firm. Due to the
highly sensitive female victim population in this area of law, the legal firm aides to provide
assistance and companionship to the women affected are in high demand. The legal firm
believes that women are best-suited to this type of position—not because they have
innate qualities that make them better for these positions, but because clients feel more
comfortable with them. As such, the legal firm wants to advertise in women-oriented
platforms. However, before advertising for this position, Preeti receives an unsolicited
résumé from Kevin Chau, a male domestic abuse caseworker with years of experience
in domestic abuse. Kevin says in his cover letter that he has heard via word-of-mouth that
this firm might be looking to hire another Domestic Abuse Caseworker.
Activity: This is a two-part scenario:
? Part 1 – Please draft an advertisement for the position that will appear in a local
periodical and discuss the legality of marketing this position to women.
? Part 2 – Please discuss what kind of consideration they must give Kevin Chau as