Each year, the Diversity Scorecard finds small but consistent increases in the proportion of minority lawyers at large firms. In 2001, only about one partner in 30 was a lawyer of color. Now it’s about one partner in 20.
That’s definitely progress. But it’s slow progress, and it raises the obvious question: How long will it take before large law firms � particularly their partnerships � mirror the general U.S. population, where almost one of every three citizens is a person of color? The likely answer: Decades.
