Diversity within the legal profession

[Jaysen]

Not sure if anyone saw this New York Times article last week: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/paul-weiss-partner-diversity-law-firm.html.

This is the LinkedIn post that caused a stir:

 

[Selina]

An interesting read - thanks for the link! Makes me question the integrity of other firms' claims of a 'genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion'... even if they hire diversely (?) at graduate level, the story might be very different as you move up the career ladder.

 

[datguyak]

An interesting read - thanks for the link! Makes me question the integrity of other firms' claims of a 'genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion'... even if they hire diversely (?) at graduate level, the story might be very different as you move up the career ladder.

I completely agree with this- we only see graduate level diversity initiatives- and how many of these are purely for box ticking purposes we will never really know. I think the larger problem as you say is career progression where it is far less transparent

 

[AJ]

And interesting to see how this article has developed....

https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/...ms-improve-on-diversity-or-lose-our-business/

https://www.law.com/legal-week/2019...ponds-to-gcs-on-law-firm-diversity-378-97206/