Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Jun 22, 2016)

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

• "OnRamp Program for Women Expands In-House," Corporate Counsel

• "2016 Diversity Scorecard: How the Firms Rate," The American Lawyer

• "Firms Offer More Parental Leave, But Will Associates Take It?," The American Lawyer

• "Asian-American Groups Seek Investigation Into Ivy-League Admissions," The Wall Street Journal

• "Foreign National Graduates Face Immigration Realities," New York Law Journal

• "A Child Care Gap in the Resume: Whether to Explain or Not," The New York Times

• "Women in Elite Jobs Face Stubborn Pay Gap: Gender disparities in income are greater in many white-collar US professions than blue-collar and don't lend themselves to legislative remedies," Wall Street Journal

• "In Focus: The Mental Health of Law Students," The National Law Journal
  • "Law Schools Tackle Mental Health: Academia providing more help to law students," The National Law Journal
  • "Yale Law Students Lobby for Better Services: The Mental Health Alliance campus group has shed light on problems, resulting in more therapists," The National Law Journal
  • "Law School Helps Students Stay Emotionally Fit: Texas Tech's mental health program includes mandatory meetings for all first years," The National Law Journal
  • "Professors' Candor About Problems Aids Students: Being up-front about mental health struggles helps undercut secrecy and shame sufferers may feel," The National Law Journal
  • "Stereotypes and Stigmas Threaten Bar Admission: Law graduates with mental health diagnoses must undergo 'character and fitness' evaluations," The National Law Journal
• "Millennials Have Their Say on Law Firms' Future," Law.com

• "Hackathon will tackle why law firms are failing to keep and promote women lawyers," ABA Journal

• "British Columbia law society appeals decision forcing it to admit students from Trinity Western," ABA Journal

• "Villanova Names First African-American Law Dean," The Legal Intelligencer