Kannon K. Shanmugam will be moving to Paul Weiss to build a Supreme Court practice at a time when the firm is under attack over diversity issues, but he says he is ready to help the firm deliver on its commitment to improve in this area.
Women of color are more likely to seek career advancement than their white counterparts, but they still can’t win the race to the top in the legal profession.
In just one example, a 2018 report prepared for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, titled “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal...
The lack of minority partners comes at a high cost to firms, say attorneys at Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, as they suggest several practical ways to tackle this problem.
Another study by Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association finds that the rate of black lawyers promoted to partner last year—2.3 percent—was actually the lowest to date.
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