Gay lawyers always have made important contributions in the legal profession. In today's cutthroat recruiting environment for legal talent, however, more large firms are aggressively reaching out to talented gay lawyers. According to Holland & Knight partner Gregory Baldwin, that's a positive sign for all minority groups. "If a law firm or a business is willing to have and protect openly gay people from discrimination, then it's certainly going to do that for racial and ethnic discrimination," he says.
June 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Richard A. Wilson, chairman of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, recalls that as recently as 2002 only a couple of law firms made the trip to recruit at the group’s Lavender Law Career Fair.
In 2003, the National Association for Law Placement began analyzing information about the number of openly gay and lesbian lawyers at law firms.
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