Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Nov 25, 2020)

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

• "Appellate Court Determines Harvard Didn't Violate Federal Civil-Rights Law," The Wall Street Journal

• "Appeals Court Upholds Harvard's Admissions Process, but Plaintiff Says 'Hope Is Not Lost'," Law.com

• "Appeals Court Backs Harvard on Affirmative Action," Inside Higher Ed

• "Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants, U.S. Appeals Court Rules," The Chronicle of Higher Education.

• "The diversity data gap: Canadian law firms' reluctance to gather and publish may be about to change," Canadian Lawyer

• "5 steps law school deans can take to improve diversity and inclusion," ABA Journal

• "8 Firms Have Announced High-Level Diversity Positions in the Last Month. How Should We Feel About That?," Law.com

• "Blacks lag when it comes to landing law jobs," The National Jurist

• "Tying Pay to Diversity Targets, Baker Donelson Builds In Accountability Metrics," Daily Report

• "As Firms Grow Diversity Teams, Buchanan, Hogan Lovells Recruit Known Pros," The Legal Intelligencer

• "'White Guilt': Black Attorneys Talk Frankly About Race and Implicit Bias," Law.com

• "Creating A Place In BigLaw For Veterans To Thrive," Law360

• "'Who Is Being Rewarded For Your Dollar?': Origination Credits Tell Firms' True Diversity Story," Corporate Counsel

• "Even in Japan, Law Firms Boost Diversity Initiatives to Attract Women Lawyers," Law.com International

• "Women Lawyers Making Progress As Campus Leaders," TaxProf Blog

• "Hire-A-Lawyer Platform Priori Raises $6 Million, Eyes Diversity," Bloomberg Law

• "At Atheria Law, Diversity Is 'More Than Checking Off Boxes'," The Recorder

• "'Enough Is Enough:' As Diversity Efforts Seemingly Stall, Legal Departments Need to Use Buying Power," Corporate Counsel

• "We Cannot Let the Current Crisis Drag Us Backwards on Diversity," Law.com International

• "Breaking the Silence for Disabled Attorneys," Daily Business Review

• "Tina Tchen Urges Companies to Keep Up Diversity Training, Despite New Trump Order," Corporate Counsel

• "Countering the Impact of Workplace Bias With Mindfulness," The National Law Journal

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