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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DavidJC" data-source="post: 221755" data-attributes="member: 4361">I assume this might be to do with Paul, Weiss striking a deal with the Trump administration to remove DEI initiatives and DEI sections from their websites and provide $100m worth of pro bono services, followed by a bunch of other US firms under pressure. Totally support Perkins Coie and WilmerHale for standing up to Trump but I also think it's quite pragmatic and commercial to succumb to the threat from the Trump administration. In a way, FF may have been the most pragmatic as they've somehow gotten away with both striking a deal with Trump and signing an amicus brief supporting Perkins Coie's challenge to the order from Trump to purge DEI from their firms.There's a letter out there defending Paul, Weiss somewhere in the FT from Charlie Geffen (ex-Sr Partner Ashurst and ex-Head of PE Gibson Dunn London). He also talked about it in a Non-Billable podcast episode a few weeks ago where he mentions how the US is really the central axis for law firm revenue globally today and how these firms could've been completely crippled by the US govt in a very cutthroat market where any other firm would happily swoop in to take your clients. There's also a view out there that these firms are businesses that employ thousands of support staff as well as lawyers, and a crippled firm would mean their people lose job security due to lower revenues etc.I've also accepted that if I want a career in commercial law in the current climate, I've just gotta bite down and live with it, but there's nothing stopping me from finding other ways to combat political pressure like this and promote DEI more subtly (I'm an ethnic minority so that's a start!) until more inclusive climates come along. There's also that cliché of "be the change you want to see", and I think that we as the future of the profession can have a hand in preventing this kind of pressure in future (but maybe that's just wishful thinking). Anyway, just my two cents, didn't mean to ramble about this in a thread for VS applications 🤣 but hopefully someone finds this info helpful 😅</blockquote>

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