This August, we reported that lawyers of color are gaining ground in the top corporations of America. But the cliff-hanger is whether that will make a real dent in the abysmal partnership rates of minorities in Big Law. Today, we are asking Joseph West (right), the president and CEO of Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that very question.
The Careerist: MCCA announced with some fanfare that the percentage of minority GC just hit 9.4 percentan all-time high. Frankly, I expected that number to be in the double digits by now. Is 9.4 percent something to celebrate?
Joseph West: The trend is good. It’s going up; its moving in the right direction and that’s encouraging. And the number of minority women GC has doubled since 2008 [from eight in 2008 to 19 in 2011].
