Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Jan 22, 2025)

Recent reports on diversity and inclusion within in law firms, corporations, and the workplace at large.

• "Three DEI Legal Issues Employers Should Keep Tabs on in 2025," Bloomberg Law

• "Meta Pulls Plug on DEI Programs," Corporate Counsel

• "The 'Motherhood Advantage' in Law: Time to Flip the Script," The American Lawyer

• "NALP's Latest Report Highlights Unprecedented Diversity in Law, But Summer Associate Data Shows Challenges Could Hinder Representation of Black Lawyers," NALP

• "Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh whether diversity training can count as lawyer CLE credit," Reuters

• "'I Bought a £20 Suit From eBay': How a Social Mobility Scheme Helped Launch a Paul Weiss Associate's Career," Law.com International

• "The Power of Small Acts of Inclusion," Harvard Business Review

• "The Supreme Court Blessed Discrimination. Now That Might Aid DEI," Bloomberg Law

• "50% Through The Fall 2025 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Up 24% (Black Applicants Are Up 36%)," TaxProf Blog

• "Republican state AGs oppose American Bar Association's revised diversity rule," Reuters

• "Latest try at rewriting ABA diversity standard for law schools gets pushback from GOP attorneys general," ABA Journal

• "Corporate DEI Programs Recoil and Rebrand as Pressure Mounts," Bloomberg Law

• "Corporate America Drew Back From DEI. The Upheaval Isn't Over," The Wall Street Journal

• "Hostile Work Environment Claims Aimed at DEI Gain Early Traction," Bloomberg Law

• "Lessons In 'Value-Centered Lawyering' From Atty Turned Prof," Law360

• "After Affirmative Action: Contextual Admissions And The Future Of African American Law School Enrollment," TaxProf Blog

• "Colorado justices hear pleas to fix accommodations process for disabled bar applicants," Colorado Politics

• "Law student diversity held steady after affirmative action ban, ABA says," Reuters

• "ABA website updates data on law school admissions, tuition and other matters," American Bar Association

• "Law School Minority Enrollees Hold Steady After SCOTUS Decision," Bloomberg Law

• "Law School 1L JD, Non-JD Enrollment Rebound From Last Year's Decline," Excess of Democracy

• "Affirmative action ban in US colleges did not limit law student diversity: American Bar Association," Canadian Lawyer

• "T14 Sees Black, Hispanic Law Student Representation Decline Following End of Affirmative Action," Law.com

• "Fewer Black and Hispanic law students at elite schools portends 'cascade effect'," Reuters

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