Diversity in the Legal Profession (Oct. 28, 2015)

Recent reports on diversity within in law firms, corporations, and the workplace at large.

• "Parents in Law: Is It Possible to Be Both an Attorney and a Committed Mom or Dad?," The Atlantic
  • "Attitudes Shift on Paid Leave: Dads Sue, Too," The New York Times
  • "Dealing With the 'Daddy Track': Men Face Challenges Going Part Time," The Wall Street Journal

• "Study: Big Law Leaders Are Much Older Than Clients," The American Lawyer

• "Who Feeds the Supreme Court? The judges who send law clerks – the future leaders of the legal profession – are still white men," Slate

• "The Gender Gap Remains, Says McKinsey Report," Corporate Counsel

• "A Racial Gap in Mentoring at Work: Black women express more ambition than whites but receive less senior-level career support, survey finds," The Wall Street Journal 

• "In-House Lawyer Census: More Women, Working for Less and Practicing Globally," Corporate Counsel

• "Does law school's 'critical mass' policy amount to segregation? Dean says it combats stereotypes," ABA Journal
  • "Diversity Fellowship Programs Are on the Rise," Bloomberg BNA 

• "3 Reasons Millennials Are Getting Fired: A backlash to Millennials' mindsets at work is causing some to get fired, Here's Why," Inc. 

• "Bar Report: More Effort Needed to Retain Minorities," The American Lawyer

• "What's Holding Women Back in the Workplace?," The Wall Street Journal

• "Even among second-year lawyers, women earn less than men," Precedent

• "Gender Bias at Work Turns Up in Feedback," The Wall Street Journal

• "How a Top Business School Added More Women to Its Faculty," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "EEOC Finds Women Profs Paid Less at Denver Law School," The National Law Journal
  • "U. of Denver Law School Discriminates Against Female Professors, US Panel Says," The Chronicle of Higher Education

• "Gender Diversity, European Quotas, and US Law," New York Law Journal

• "Berkeley Starts New Effort for Black Students," Inside Higher Ed