Are Todays Law Firms Committed to Diversity?
The numbers may indicate that firms are failing to provide opportunities for diverse lawyers to flourish at the same time that more diversity is being demanded by clients. More and more law firms seem to be embracing diversity initiatives, but are today’s law firms committed to diversity? Should they be? What is driving these changes? Why should firms diversify? Have firms made diversity a core value of the firm? What resources are being expended not only to recruit, but also to retain diverse lawyers? In December 2009, Vault.com, a Web-based resource for career management, teamed up with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) to introduce the 2010 Law Firm Diversity Database, a fully searchable database featuring data on diversity performance at nearly 300 law firms nationwide. The database was compiled from information obtained from responses to the annual Law Firm Diversity Survey distributed by Vault and MCCA, and contains benchmarking information about the diversity pro
