Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 18, 2016
Lawyers lead change yet lag behind
While lawyers drive transformation in society, the profession has not been on the front lines when it comes to equality within the profession itself.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Wendy Chang
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Loyola Law School, 1995
Wendy is based in the firm's Los Angeles office. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. She served as an advisor to the State Bar of California's Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct and is a past chair of the State Bar of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Wendy is a certified specialist in legal malpractice law by the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization.
The law is a pillar of civilization and oftentimes leads change. But while lawyers drive transformation in society, the profession has not been on the front lines when it comes to equality within the profession itself. Year after year, studies analyzing the state of the profession find a lack of progress by non-majority lawyers, despite an increasing number of members graduating law school. Ask a non-majority lawyer if they have experienced discrimination or harassment in the profession, a...
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