Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession (Aug 30, 2017)

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

• "Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago," The New York Times

• "Number of Women Law Profs Suing Univ. of Denver Rises to Six," Law.com

• "New ABA President Sets Sights on Access to Justice, Diversity and Young Lawyers," New York Law Journal

• "Courtroom Study Finds Women Lawyers Eclipsed in Complex Cases," The National Law Journal

• "Female Lawyers Can Talk, Too," New York Times

• "The Importance of LGBTQ Employee Resource Groups," The Legal Intelligencer

• "People Suffer at Work When They Can't Discuss the Racial Bias They Face Outside of It," Harvard Business Review

• "As Clients Get Tougher on Diversity, Some Firms See a Selling Point," The American Lawyer

• "Law firms' problem with women," Law21

• "LGBTQ Groups Threaten to Sue Trump Over Trans Military Ban," The National Law Journal

• "Trump Administration Lines Up Against EEOC in LGBT Workplace Rights Case," The National Law Journal

• "Working Mother Names Best Law Firms for Women, Laments Industry's 'Glacial' Progress," The American Lawyer

• "'A Bleak Picture' for Women Trying to Rise at Law Firms," The New York Times

• "Women still make up fewer than 35 percent of lawyers in US law firms, survey says," ABA Journal

• "Why Women Aren't CEOs, According to Women Who Almost Were," The New York Times

• "Seyfarth Shaw's 'Rooney Presumption' Drives Sudden Surge in Minority Hiring," The National Law Journal

• "Legal Industry Leads in Transgender Policies for Employees," Bloomberg

• "Asian-Americans Face Glass Ceiling in the Law," The Recorder

• "Law schools are filled with Asian Americans. So why aren't there more Asian judges?," Washington Post

• "Asian-Americans are apparently losing interest in law school; report shows outsize enrollment drop," ABA Journal

• "Are Asian-Americans Fed Up With Law?," The American Lawyer

• "Major Corporations Teamed Up to Spend $226M in 2016 on Women, Minority-Owned Firms," Corporate Counsel

• "Client Call for Greater Diversity at Fever Pitch," Law.com