Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (May 18, 2022)

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

• "Most U.K. Lawyers Wouldn't Take Pay Cut for Full-Time Remote Work, Fear Impact on Retention and Women," Law.com International

• "Almost half of new top lawyers at largest U.S companies last year were women," Reuters

• "BASF Legal Chief on Driving Diversity at Law Firms: Carrots Are More Effective Than Sticks," Corporate Counsel

• "Young Female Attorneys Lacking Fair Credit for Work Suffer Later," Bloomberg

• "Bennett Jones offers scholarships for aspiring Indigenous, Black, first-generation lawyers," Canadian Lawyer

• "'It Humanizes the Issue If I Can't Get Into Their Building': For Some, Disability Advocacy and Client Advocacy Go Hand in Hand," Law.com

• "U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates," NPR

• "Results of Black In-House Lawyer Pay Survey Spurred Some to Quit, Seek New Jobs," Corporate Counsel

• "An Access And Equity Ranking Of America's 63 Public Law Schools," TaxProf Blog

• "How Small, Midsize Firms Can Expand Diversity and Inclusion Efforts," Daily Business Review

• "'Inspiration Porn'?: Mixed Feelings About Disclosing Disabilities on Law School, Bar Applications," Law.com

• "Big Law Hiring Spree Lifts Diversity in Mostly White Industry," Bloomberg

• "Large law firms increase hiring of diverse attorneys, new data shows," ABA Journal

• "How Law Firms Can Employ More Veterans," Law360

• "Is the justice system racially biased? Depends on who you ask," Reuters

• "Squire Patton Boggs, Hogan Lovells Make Key Diversity and Inclusion Moves," Law.com

• "Conservatives question ABA role in law school diversity push," Reuters

• "New ABA Data Shows Disparities in Bar Passage Rates Among Racial Groups Persisted in 2021," Law.com

• "The racial gap in bar exam pass rates got worse in 2021," Reuters

• "In recently released data, ABA parses out bar passage rates by race, ethnicity and gender," ABA Journal

• "Law Society of Alberta acknowledges systemic discrimination in the legal profession," Canadian Lawyer

• "Native American Students Can Now Attend U. of California Tuition-Free," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "'I Felt Afraid to Ask': Law Students With Disabilities Are Often Torn Between Trying to Fit In and Seeking Accommodations," Law.com

• "'She-Cession' Myth Busted: Women Didn't Quit Law During Pandemic, Bloomberg

• "Which law firms are tops for flexibility? For culture? Yale Law Women releases 2022 findings," ABA Journal

• "'Significant Jump' in Client Inquiries Leads to New Diversity Practice at Nixon Peabody," The American Lawyer

• "Wilmer Places Diversity Front and Center in Appellate Practice Strategy," The National Law Journal

• "Vinson & Elkins Hires New Global Diversity Head From Sidley Austin," Texas Lawyer

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