DESPITE all the talk of boosting diversity in the legal profession, the percentage of minorities inched up from 9.7 percent in 2000 to 11.6 percent in 2009, according to a report by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession.
The institute—a nonprofit formed in 2010 to advocate for more diversity in the profession—plans to release an annual review of attorney demographics and diversity. The Chicago-based group is led by a board that includes academics, law firm partners, corporate counsel, government attorneys and non-lawyers, and it receives financial support from law firms, corporations, bar associations and individuals.
