At last count, a mere 5.4 percent of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7 percent. But those numbers represent an amazing group of people and a payoff for the firms, law schools and corporations that invested in diversity. The National Law Journal, through readers' nominations as well as its own research, compiled the top 50 most influential minority lawyers in the United States who made an impact during the past five years.
June 02, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
First, a reality check: At last count, a mere 5.4 percent of partners at U.S. law firms were members of minority groups. For women of color, the figure was fewer than 1.7 percent, according to the legal placement organization NALP.
But what an amazing group of people those numbers represent, and what a payoff for the firms, law schools and corporations that invested in diversity.
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