Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Mar 17, 2021)

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

• "Top Women in Law Offer Lessons of Lockdown and Their Tips for Juniors," Law.com International

• "Why Do Fewer Women Move in Law Than Men?," Law.com International

• "Corporate Counsel Women of Color Founder Among Most Influential Black Lawyers of the Decade," Corporate Counsel

• "Georgetown Law Fires Professor for 'Abhorrent' Remarks About Black Students," The New York Times

• "Georgetown Law professor terminated after 'reprehensible' comments about Black students," The Washington Post

• "Lawyers: 'False Sense of Liberation' at Home Fuels Spike in Workplace Sexual Harassment," New Jersey Law Journal

• "The Outperformers, Part 3: What 2020 Taught Firms About Real Estate, Diversity and Strategic Growth," The American Lawyer

• "Number of Women GCs on Canadian Public Company Boards Rising," Law.com International

• "'They Certainly Don't See Trans People as People': Trans Lawyers Discuss Their Fight for Acceptance in the Legal Industry," Law.com

• "As Law Firm Pros Tout Diversity Efforts, Lower-Level Staff Aren't As Impressed," The American Lawyer

• "Data Is Fueling Corporate Diversity Efforts-But Is It Safe?," Corporate Counsel

• "Ogletree, Balch Hire New D&I Officers as Firms Step Up Diversity Efforts," Daily Report

• "How I Made Partner: As the Firm's 1st Black Female Partner, Rachel Shaw of Pryor Cashman Shattered the Glass Ceiling," Law.com

• "ABA's Model Diversity Survey can help with DEI strategies," ABA Journal

• "'We Don't Know Basic Things': Diversity Advocates Call for More Data on Judicial Clerks," The Recorder

• "Will Top Next-Gen Talent Choose to Practice With Law Firms?," Bloomberg Tax

• "BigLaw Eschews Recruiting At Lower Ranked HBCU Law Schools Despite Pledge To Hire More Black Associates," TaxProf Blog

• "How law firms reacted to racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic," ABA Journal

• "How Lawyer Professional Development Went Virtual, and Why Some Programs Fall Flat," The American Lawyer

• "Group sues Yale over race-conscious admissions and seeks cert in Harvard suit," ABA Journal

• "'You Can Bring a Drink': Lawyer-Moms Create Safe Space to Vent," The Recorder

• "Ways Legal Employers Can Help Pandemic-Weary Parents," Law360

• "Law student using American Sign Language wins 4th Circuit appeal," ABA Journal

• "'Norm of Silence' Erodes Amid Post-#MeToo Reforms for Judicial Clerks Facing Harassment, NYU Panelists Say," New York Law Journal

• "5 Law Firms Make Canada's Most Diverse Companies List," Law.com International

• "Jill Louis of Perkins Coie's Dallas Office Joins Growing List of Women of Color Taking On Big Law Leadership Roles," Texas Lawyer

• "Gibson Dunn M&A Leader Elected Firm's First Female Chair," The American Lawyer

• "Diversity in U.S. Law Firms: 'It's Always Going to Be Incremental'," Attorney at Work

• "Renewed Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Industry Has Made Great Strides, But There's Still Work to Do," Detroit Business

• "Navigating Diversity and Inclusion," Corporate Counsel

• "The Summer Associate Diversity Program as a Change Agent in Law Firms," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Can GC Succession Planning Drive Diversity?," Corporate Counsel

• "Alternative business models at law firms could be a boon to women lawyers: Miller Titerle," Canadian Lawyer

• "In-House Is Tracking Vendor Diversity-But Goals May Still Be Undefined," Corporate Counsel

• "Climbing Profits and Expanding Nonequity Tier Stand Out as More Firms Post Results," The American Lawyer

• "Diversity 'bottleneck' and minority attrition keep firm leadership ranks white and male, new ABA survey says," ABA Journal

• "More Women of Color Take On Big Law Leadership Roles," The American Lawyer

• "Intel Teams Up With North Carolina Central University to Create Path for Diverse In-House Attorneys," Corporate Counsel

• "Gibson Dunn, Arnold & Porter Join Corporate Heavyweights in Black Equity Certification Program," The American Lawyer

• "Diversity on boards improves the outcome of M&A transactions, University of Sherbrooke study shows," Canadian Lawyer

• "Big Law Doesn't Have a Pipeline Problem. It Has an Elitism Problem.," Law.com

• "One Year Since Novartis Required Diverse Legal Teams, Did it Work?," Law.com International

• "Companies Want Lawyer Diversity, But Firms Lack Set Standard," Bloomberg Law

• "Diversity Data Is More Than Just Numbers on a Spreadsheet," Legaltech News

• "The Most Diverse Law Schools," TaxProf Blog

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