State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 13, 2013
General counsel should insist on diversity when hiring firms, ABA panelists say
One way to entice big law firms to diversify and put women and people of color in leadership roles is for companies and their general counsel to demand it when seeking legal help, panelists said at an American Bar Association meeting.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - One way to entice big law firms to diversify and put women and people of color in leadership roles is for companies and their general counsel to specifically demand it when looking for outside legal help, panelists said at the American Bar Association's annual meeting.
At the ABA's "Day of the Woman" Friday, several panels focused on how the law firm culture has ch...
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