Legal Chiefs See Beyond Gender in New Diversity Hiring Goals (1)

Corporate law departments will need to consider applicants who have a disability, are non-White or LGBTQ, under new hiring goals by a non-profit group that promotes diversity in the legal profession.

Many legal chiefs rely too much on gender to meet the goal that 50% of applicants they consider are diverse, said Leila Hock, chief growth officer for Diversity Lab. The new target is that at least 20% of the applicant pool are disabled, non-White or LGBTQ, she said.

“We’re really trying to highlight these groups that often get overshadowed in broad swath diversity issues,” Hock told Bloomberg Law.

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