Legal Lags Behind Other Industries on Inclusion, Survey Says (1)

The legal industry continues to underperform other professional services when it comes to diversity and inclusion and lost ground on several metrics over the last two years, according to a new survey.

The new inclusion index survey from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and executive search consultancy Russell Reynolds Associates asked nearly 300 in-house and law firm attorneys, most of whom were non-white or female, to rate their employers on diversity and inclusion.

One key area where law firms and legal departments scored well below professional services counterparts, which include accounting and consulting firms, was “belonging.” The legal industry received ...