The editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly has always been aware that the hiring and retention of minority attorneys is a continuing concern in the legal community. This discussion is a follow-up from one we held in 2007 regarding the concerns attorneys of varied backgrounds from firms of all sizes expressed about their ability to increase diversity in their firms.
The editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly invited 10 practitioners to share their thoughts on what diversity is, why it’s important and what actions firms should take to improve the diversity of their attorneys. The editors at The Legal and the Law Weekly selected the panelists and edited the transcript. Excerpts from the roundtable discussion follow:
