Duquesne University sign. Credit: woodsnorthphoto/Shutterstock.com 'Challenges Begin Much Earlier': Law Firms Focused on Diversity Are Getting Involved Before LSATs
"We have to make an affirmative effort to go out and find candidates because we find our normal pool of candidates doesn't necessarily include as diverse and representative a group of individuals as we would hope to have," said Burns White CEO Mary-Jo Rebelo.
September 28, 2021 at 01:40 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
When leaders from Delaware-based midsize law firm Morris James last week toured the First State in search of an academic institution to financially support, they expected to hear that the bar exam posed the most significant barrier to underrepresented students pursuing a legal career.
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