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<blockquote data-quote="EqualityNonNegotiable" data-source="post: 170198" data-attributes="member: 31762"><p>I'm sorry but the answer to your first question seems pretty obvious to me - <em>representative of the wider society. </em></p><p></p><p>There is a mountain of literature and research as to why <strong>the legal profession ought to be representative of the wider society</strong>. Firstly, do you agree with the above statement?</p><p></p><p>Secondly, in regards to 'artificial' representation, the example I provided appears to be illustrative. Henceforth, I shall adopt the earlier hypothetical scenario as representative of your statement, where X = 'wider society'.</p><p></p><p>In this hypotethical scenario the facts are as follows:</p><p></p><p><em>50% of the population are White</em></p><p><em>50% of the population Other </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The law firm XYZ offers 100 VS places.</em></p><p><em>XYZ received 1000 aplications from White candidates and 1000 applications from Other candidates.</em></p><p></p><p>Are you suggesting there is a huge disparity in the percentage of candidates who meet the criteria between these groups, i.e 20% of the White canditates meet the mark, whereas only 5% of the Other candidates do? Giving a pool of 200 White candidates and 50 Other candidates to fill 100 VS places, which means that for the VS to be representative of the wider society, the law firm must accept all Other candidates who met the criteria and 50 out of 200 White candidates who did?</p><p></p><p>In other words, are you suggesting White candidates are statistically more capable of meeting the law firms' criteria but are less likely to secure VS as a result of the DEI initiatives?</p><p></p><p>If not, are you suggesting that law firms receive a disproportionate number of applications from White candidates? I.e. 80% to 20% split.</p><p></p><p>I am trying to understand the basis of your 'artificial representation' statement and could only come up with the following hypotheses:</p><p></p><p>a) White candidates are statistically more capable to meet the law firms' criteria.</p><p></p><p>b) White candidates are overrepresented in the law firms' application process measured against the demographics of the society.</p><p></p><p>Does either one form the basis of the need for an 'artificial' representation?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EqualityNonNegotiable, post: 170198, member: 31762"] I'm sorry but the answer to your first question seems pretty obvious to me - [I]representative of the wider society. [/I] There is a mountain of literature and research as to why [B]the legal profession ought to be representative of the wider society[/B]. Firstly, do you agree with the above statement? Secondly, in regards to 'artificial' representation, the example I provided appears to be illustrative. Henceforth, I shall adopt the earlier hypothetical scenario as representative of your statement, where X = 'wider society'. In this hypotethical scenario the facts are as follows: [I]50% of the population are White 50% of the population Other The law firm XYZ offers 100 VS places. XYZ received 1000 aplications from White candidates and 1000 applications from Other candidates.[/I] Are you suggesting there is a huge disparity in the percentage of candidates who meet the criteria between these groups, i.e 20% of the White canditates meet the mark, whereas only 5% of the Other candidates do? Giving a pool of 200 White candidates and 50 Other candidates to fill 100 VS places, which means that for the VS to be representative of the wider society, the law firm must accept all Other candidates who met the criteria and 50 out of 200 White candidates who did? In other words, are you suggesting White candidates are statistically more capable of meeting the law firms' criteria but are less likely to secure VS as a result of the DEI initiatives? If not, are you suggesting that law firms receive a disproportionate number of applications from White candidates? I.e. 80% to 20% split. I am trying to understand the basis of your 'artificial representation' statement and could only come up with the following hypotheses: a) White candidates are statistically more capable to meet the law firms' criteria. b) White candidates are overrepresented in the law firms' application process measured against the demographics of the society. Does either one form the basis of the need for an 'artificial' representation? [/QUOTE]
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