This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

DEI

Jun. 19, 2024

Trends in law firm DEI practices

See more on Trends in law firm DEI practices

Many law firms have revised their diversity fellowship programs, which offer summer associate positions and scholarships to diverse candidates, to focus on the diverse perspectives applicants may bring to the firm rather than their diverse characteristics.

Bonnie Lau

Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP

Bonnie Lau is partner of Morrison Foerster's Antitrust Law Group where she helps clients navigate internal and government antitrust investigations, enforcement proceedings, and class action litigation.

Across industries, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are in flux. Following the Supreme Court’s opinion in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard (SFFA), 600 U.S. 131 (2023), and growing anti-DEI backlash from some sectors, law firms are fielding questions from clients about how to continue promoting diversity and inclusion in the post-SFFA landscape. This raises the question: what are law firms themselves doing?

In SFFA, ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$887 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?