Each year, the National Association for Law Placement ( NALP) releases statistics on minority representation in the legal profession. The 2016 numbers have gone up, slightly. Minority attorneys still haven’t made a significant dent in the overall composition of lawyers in American law firms. According to the 2016 report, from 2015-2016, the number of […]
[…] 28% of law firm partners were women in 2023, rising only 8% in the 10 years since 2013, according to the National Association for Law Placement ( NALP). Women are also underrepresented in law firm leadership roles. According to a survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers, only 12% of women are managing […]
[…] and celebrate senior leader participation in well-being initiatives. The report also acknowledged that gender, age, and marginalized social identities can impact well-being in the workplace. A recent NALP survey on lawyer job satisfaction found that women report more mental health and well-being challenges at work, and that people of color lawyers report switching jobs […]
[…] Federated States of Micronesia), and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Easter Island). According to NALP data, the number of Asian associates at law firms has essentially plateaued since 2019, despite a one-year increase in 2021. The number of Native Hawaiian or […]
[…] of all of the development goals you could focus on from that sentence alone. 3. What are you doing to improve the diversity of the legal profession? NALP released its annual Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms this week. I look at this report every year and just shake my head. The lack […]
[…] the LGBTQ community continues to fight for legal rights such as nondiscrimination and parenting protections. In the legal profession, there has been some improvement in LGBTQ representation. NALP’s latest diversity report indicates that the overall percentage of LGBTQ lawyers increased approximately one-third of a percentage point in 2020, rising to 3.31%. Over a longer […]
[…] 1 in 4 Americans has a disability. However, this number isn’t reflected in professional and leadership roles. The legal profession is a good example. According to the NALP 2019 Report on Diversity in Law Firms, just under 0.46% of partners self-reported as having a disability in 2019. This is down slightly from 0.52% in […]
[…] broad, and often the stigma attached to self-reporting is so strong, that there are many who might prefer to not openly reveal their disabilities. The most recent NALP Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms identified 1/3 of 1 percent of law firm associates and partners as having a disability, a number while low, […]
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[…] of inclusion. And who made that path? The Academy leadership. That’s where change begins. Groundhog Day for Diversity Change. That’s what missing this Groundhog Day. Very soon, NALP and the American Lawyer will reveal their annual diversity reports and they are almost guaranteed to say the same things they have said for years: there […]
Fortunately, there is not much debate on the value of mentoring for new lawyers. According to a 2013 National Association for Law Placement ( NALP) study, The State of Mentoring in the Legal Profession, nearly 90% of all law firms surveyed offered some form of mentoring programs. For firms of more than 250 attorneys, […]
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