Clients Track Diversity But Law Firms Miss the Message

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column on the changing legal marketplace written by me, Roy Strom. This week, we look at an effort to make it easier to share diversity metrics between law firms and legal departments. And if this email was forwarded to you, get the next one delivered straight to your inbox.

A growing number of major legal departments are treating a law firm’s diversity statistics as an important factor when deciding whether to hire that firm.

Consider the so-called “Intel Rule.” The technology giant says that starting next year it will ...