Corporate America Pressures Law Firms to Promote Minorities

By Laura Colby, Bloomberg News

What does diversity mean in the age of a Donald Trump presidency? Even as the U.S. and the globe become increasingly diverse, the president-elect’s cabinet appointments have so far been strong on billionaires and white men and weak on women and blacks.

While Corporate America still gets low marks for opening its boardrooms and corner offices to women and minorities, many companies are trying to do better. One recent effort is the work corporate legal departments are doing to encourage outside law firms they work with closely to promote more of their high-performing women and ...