Most law firms say they strive for diversity and list it as a top goal, but few know how to do it.
It starts with changing how laws firms are structured. The “pyramid” structure of most law firms—where there are just a few people who make it to the top—hinders diversity and inclusion in the legal industry.
It “should be and will be a thing of the past,” Patricia Gillette, a former partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe told Bloomberg BNA.
According the National Association of Law Placement, Inc.'s, 2015 compendium of legal employment data, since 2009, women and ...
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