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Legal departments are generally more inclusive than big law firms, but diversity advocates said there's still work to be done, especially at the general counsel level.
March 08, 2019 at 04:02 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
As companies push for diversity in the legal industry, many still struggle with diversity and inclusion in-house, especially at the leadership level.
Lawyers told Corporate Counsel in-house teams tend to be more diverse than big law firms overall, but that edge wanes when it comes to general counsel roles. In 2018, fewer than 20 percent of Fortune 500 general counsel were people of color and around one-third were women.
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