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When it comes to law firm diversity efforts, it may seem fairly obvious that the most important indicator of progress is the hard numbers: Are firms building more diverse teams, and is that diversity present throughout the hierarchy, from the managing partner level down through the associates? Of course it’s true that we can look to the stats to gauge success. The proof is (or, more accurately, will or will not be) in the pudding.
But on this (long, long) road, another more nuanced...
The National Association for Law Placement recently published its 2018 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms, with some promising results. The number of women in law firms has steadily increased for three years in a row and, overall, women and minorities managed to make small gains as partners. However, black representation among associates dropped in 2018.
Although the representation of women, minorities, and minority women...
“Disruption” is painfully overused, so let’s say that the watchword for law in 2018 is upheaval. Chicago law firms continued to react (or not) to the demand for change that came from both inside—their own lawyers—and out—their clients across the nation. On top of that, our region saw the continued development of work in the private tech market and in cannabis practice. And, of course, there was that September story that broke the internet, at least in Cook...
