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Diversity Rising Slowly at Law Firms

Despite all the talk of boosting diversity in the legal profession, the percentage of minorities inched up from 9.7 percent in 2000 to 11.6 percent in 2009, according to a report by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession, sibling publication The National Law Journal reported. The institute—a nonprofit formed in 2010 to advocate for more diversity in the profession—plans to release an annual review of attorney demographics and diversity. The report quotes a New York City Bar "Diversity Benchmarking" study that concluded earlier this year that the recession had hampered efforts to promote diversity. The survey of 88 firms said there had been a "slippage of hard-won diversity gains" from 2009 to 2010. Click here to read more.
 
 



INSIGHT Into Diversity