Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Jun 12, 2024)
Recent reports on diversity and inclusion within in law firms, corporations, and the workplace at large.
"Efforts To Improve Diversity On State High Courts Stagnating," Law360
"Ex-Judge Tatel Regrets Focusing Clerk Hiring on Applicants from Elite Law Schools," Law.com
"Disability claims involving toxic workplace allegations surge with return to office: injury lawyer," Law Times
"Group urges US judiciary to halt conservative judges' clerk boycotts," Reuters
"US law clerks in rare anonymous statement decry 'genocide' in Gaza," Reuters
"Statement By Federal Law Clerks Regarding the War In Gaza," Balls & Strikes
"Anonymous Law Clerks Claim Forced Silence on Israel-Hamas War," Bloomberg Law
"Gen Z Women Are Shunning BigLaw Partnership. Here's Why," Law360
"NYU law school dodges white man's lawsuit claiming law review discrimination," Reuters
"Foley Sued for Revoking Job Over Israel-Palestine Comments," Bloomberg Law
"Arab American lawyer sues firm that revoked job offer over Gaza comments," The Washington Post
"New Federal Pregnancy Regulations: Five Key Takeaways and Five Key Action Steps for Employers," Daily Report
"Eleventh Circuit Grants Injunction Against Nonprofit for Excluding Women Not of Color From Entrepreneurship Contest," Daily Report
"Standards Are Murky As Legal Employers Vet Protesters," Law360
"From Refugee To Shareholder: A Call For Inclusive Law Firms," Law360
"Companies Quietly Ramp Up DEI Efforts Amid Political Turmoil," Bloomberg Law
"Conservative Duo Wants to Take Down DEI One Bias Claim at a Time," Bloomberg Law
"The Surge of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills and How We Can Protect Ourselves," The Legal Intelligencer
"State AGs Warn Bar That Its Law School DEI Rules Are Illegal," Bloomberg Law
"Lawyer Suing King & Spalding Asks Law Firm to Apologize for Diversity Program Exclusion," Daily Report
"How systemizing law firm work allocation enhances diversity efforts and overcomes affinity bias," Canadian Lawyer
"ABA Faces Discrimination Complaint Over Student Hiring Programs," Bloomberg Law
"ASU Law, Diné College, Navajo Nation partner on first-ever tribally affiliated legal program," Arizona State University
"'Ahead of the Curve': Are Campus Protests in the Rearview Mirror?" Law.com
"Law school applicants' socioeconomic hurdles measured by new metric," Reuters
"King & Spalding Sued Over Diverse Law Student Hiring Program," Bloomberg Law
"Women No Longer Face Discrimination for Jobs — If They're White," Vivia Chen
"Biggest law school scholarships disproportionately go to white students, ABA finds," Reuters
"Big Law Recruiting Rush Puts More Pressure on Diverse Students," Bloomberg Law
"Bosses mandated them back to the office. They took legal action instead," ABA Journal
"Why first-generation lawyers need a business plan," Reuters
"Supporting the Mental Health of Employees of Color," Harvard Business Review
"DEI is getting a new name. Can it dump the political baggage?" The Washington Post
"EEOC finalizes harassment guidance, addressing remote work and gender identity," HR Dive
"A letter to young women lawyers about 'SADNESS' in the law," ABA Journal
"Big Law firm introduces coaching and support for lawyers who have ADHD," ABA Journal
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