Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Sep 2, 2020)

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

• "Black Female Lawyers on Confronting Racism at Work: 'You Don't Have Time to Get Angry'," Connecticut Law Tribune

• "A Personal Priority: Ford Motor Co. Takes A Hands-On, Multifaceted Approach to Driving Diversity," Corporate Counsel

• "Why They Left: Black Lawyers on Why Big Law Can't Keep Them Around," The American Lawyer

• "Black Firm Leaders Drive Big Law Social Justice Efforts," Bloomberg Law

• "Diversity and Inclusion Meets Virtual Lawyering," New York Law Journal

• "'We Want a Movement, Not a Moment': Despite Skepticism, Law Firms Haven't Relented on Racial Justice," Law.com

• "Diversity Lab Announces Mansfield Rule-Certified Legal Departments," Corporate Counsel

• "Law firms to turn anti-racism alliance into nonprofit," Reuters

• "Miller Canfield, Debevoise Announce New Diversity and Inclusion Leaders," Law.com

• "The 2020 A-List: Female Equity Partner Scorecard," The American Lawyer

• "For Women, Leaving Big Law for a Midsize Firm Doesn't Mean Settling," The American Lawyer

• "Promoting Social Justice May Bolster Law Firm Recruiting," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Despite Diversity Efforts, Fewer Than 10% of MDL Leadership Posts Are Going to Attorneys Who Are Not White," Law.com

• "Atlanta's John Marshall Names Gatewood as First African American Dean," Daily Report

• "For Big Law's Working Moms, Pandemic Could Have a Silver Lining…Seriously!," Law.com

• "Justice Dept. Accuses Yale of Discrimination in Application Process," The New York Times

• "Justice Department accuses Yale of illegal bias against White, Asian American applicants in admissions," The Washington Post

• "Justice Department v. Yale," Inside Higher Ed

• "Justice Department Accuses Yale of Racial Discrimination in Admissions. But What About the Evidence?," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Yale Discriminated by Race in Undergraduate Admissions, Justice Department Says," The Wall Street Journal

• "3 Ways Law Firms Can Guard Diversity Gains During Crisis," Law360

• "Eliminating Unconscious Bias in Legal Starts With an In-House Job Description," Corporate Counsel

• "Diversity in ADR: Time for Another Uncomfortable Conversation," Law.com

• "LGBTQIA-Diversity in the Workplace in a Post-'Bostock' World," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Slowly at First, Then in Rapid Course: LGBTQ Rights Rulings in the Decade Since 'Perry v. Schwarzenegger'," The Recorder

• "Curb Your Enthusiasm for Diversity. (Or You Could Be Sued)," The American Lawyer

• "150 Deans Ask ABA To Require Law Schools To Provide Anti-Bias Training To Students," TaxProf Blog

• "'We Have to Succeed': Law Firm AntiRacism Alliance Holds First Summit," The American Lawyer

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