Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Jan 10, 2024)
Recent reports on diversity and inclusion within in law firms, corporations, and the workplace at large.
"Wisconsin Bar Hit With Lawsuit Over Diversity Clerkship," Bloomberg Law
"1L Sues Rutgers Law School For Ignoring Rampant Campus Antisemitism," TaxProf Blog
"Women Continue To Make History When It Comes To Law School Enrollment," Above the Law
"Affirmative action ban shook up law school admissions in 2023," Reuters
"Campus Antisemitism Fight Hinges on Law Testing School Power," Bloomberg Law
"SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Is Not Dissuading Students Of Color From Applying To Law School," TaxProf Blog
"Profession's diversity continues to improve but more to do," Solicitors Regulation Authority
"Big Firms Have Almost No Black Equity Partners, Says SRA," Law360
"IBM Diversity Efforts Targeted by Stephen Miller's Legal Group," Bloomberg Law
"Foley Head Makes 'Tough' Call Over Israel-Palestine Comments," Bloomberg Law
"Justice Leonard Marchand appointed as British Columbia's first Indigenous Chief Justice," Canadian Lawyer
"Hate Speech Is on the Rise in Social Media. Could Antisemitic Posts by Attorneys Become Disciplinary Board Fodder?" The Legal Intelligencer
"Law firms across Canada send letter to universities urging them to do more to protect students amid Israel-Hamas war," Montreal City News
"Law firms urge law deans to show 'zero tolerance' for antisemitism, hatred, bigotry on campus," Law360
"Incoming Phila. Bar Chancellor Aims to Ramp Up Organization's DEI Efforts," The Legal Intelligencer
"Law firm Edelson boycotts Harvard recruiting events amid antisemitism controversy," Reuters
"Cancel culture is preventing law students from learning empathy," Canadian Lawyer
"Conservatives are suing law firms over diversity efforts. It's working," The Washington Post
"Blum Says He's Done Suing Law Firms as Winston Yields on DEI," Reuters
"Why Aren't More GCs Setting The Tone For Diversity?" Law360
"Sandra Day O'Connor Broke Legal Profession's Glass Ceiling," Bloomberg Law
"O'Connor Taught Clerks to Think Broadly About the Law, Themselves," Bloomberg Law
"'Watershed Moment': Female Federal Judges Reflect on O'Connor's SCOTUS Appointment, Legacy," Law.com
"BYU, Catholic, Cumberland, Liberty, Notre Dame, And Pepperdine Deans Support ABA's Proposed Free Speech Accreditation…," TaxProf Blog
"Attorneys with disabilities are rare at law firms. It doesn't have to be that way, group says," Reuters
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