Diversity in the Legal Profession (Nov. 25, 2015)

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

• "For Military Members, Smooth Transition to Law Jobs Isn't Easy,"  The National Law Journal

• "Are Skill Sets of Female Attorneys Being Underutilized?," The Legal Intelligence

• "At Some Firms More Than Others, Women Lag Among New Partners," The American Lawyer

• "Will Law Firm Leaders Get Involved in this Diversity Initiative?," Bloomberg BNA

• "Helping black women find the path to law firm partner," Crain's Chicago Business

• "Wage Gap Is Worse for Women," The American Lawyer

• "Graying Firms Wrestle With Making Room for Younger Lawyers," The New York Times
  • "Is there a generational divide in BigLaw? Only 3% of managing partners are from Gen X," ABA Journal

• "Fake Cover Letters Expose Discrimination Against Disabled," The New York Times

• "Defending Affirmative Action," Inside Higher Ed

• "Latinas Face Long Odds in Law," Law.com

• "Four Women and No Men, a Big Law Anomaly, Make Partner at Latham," The Legal Times

• "Women in Law: Making Rain, Climbing the Ladder and Forging Your Path," The Daily Report

• "Lawyer 'Hackathon' Aims to Narrow Big Law Gender Gap," The American Lawyer

• "Women in Big Law Are Losing Ground," The American Lawyer

• "2015 New Associate Survey: More Women, Minorities Among New Texas Associates," Texas Lawyer

• "Diversity in Academe: Transgender on Campus," The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • "'Ask Me': What LGBTQ Students Want Their Professors to Know," The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • "Leaving No Trans College Student Behind," The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • "Transgender Students Build on Feminism to Question Male Privilege," The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • "Dilemmas From Day 1: Transgender students face entrenched attitudes and inflexible systems," The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • "Why Colleges Need to Hire More Trans Faculty: They serve as role models for trans and gender-nonconforming students," The Chronicle of Higher Education