Despite the hype, progress proves elusive
While recognizing that attitudes toward diversity have improved over time and that minority representation has improved slightly, a sample of diversity advocates, law firm partners, general counsel and law school leaders generally agreed that the legal profession needs to make deeper, more collective changes to jump-start the stalled diversity movement.
Diversity slow to grow in nation's capitol
Washington-based managing partners say increasing diversity at their firms has been a top priority. Yet the percentage of minority lawyers at the city's larger law offices isn't rising.
Wider pipeline is vital to progress
The United States is becoming more diverse, but the legal profession is not. Corporate law departments and law firms are not as diverse as they should be, and there is a risk that the problem will get worse rather than better during the next decade.
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