The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) announced today the three finalists for the Thomas L. Sager Award and the recipient of the Charlotte E. Ray Award.
Looking at ethnic inclusion, the same study found that only 1.8% of IP attorneys are African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latinx, and 0.5% Native American – meaning that none of these communities are represented at the Bar at even half the rate that they represent the...
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she was not surprised by the report’s finding on the prevalence of discrimination. Her group was involved in a racial and gender bias survey that was released last year and made comparable...
Minorities are scarcest at the top: while minority lawyers now comprise a record 16 percent of law firms, only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to research by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). But even the overall progress...
Sadly, this all also reconfirms research conducted by the legal industry. In a study by the American Bar Association’s commission on women and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the finding was that the profession’s gender equality and diversity efforts over...
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