Bloomberg Law
Aug. 8, 2016, 2:05 PM UTC

At ABA Meeting, Renewed Call for Diversity Among GCs

Meredith Mandell

The American Bar Association is getting serious about calls for greater diversity.

At its annual meeting in San Francisco, the ABA’s House of Delegates will vote on Monday on Resolution 113, which calls on clients to direct a greater percentage of the legal services they purchase to diverse attorneys.

In addition, the ABA President’s Diversity and Inclusion 360 Commission has released a six-page, 15-question voluntary “Model Diversity Survey” that asks firms about their demographic profile across equity partners, non-equity partners and all other levels, and looks at leadership positions and committee compositions. The American Bar Foundation plans on collecting and aggregating the data submitted. ...

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