Legal Profession
Solving the Legal Profession's Diversity Problem
Document Type
Issue/Research Brief/Blog
Publication Date
1-2016
Keywords
lawyer demographics
Abstract
The legal professions lack of progress on diversity stems from a systems problem, not a lack of moral resolve, and applied research suggests there are ways that law firms can address the systems program. The system of creating successful lawyers and partners is not much of a system at all. Creating a high performing partner is based on selection (aptitude and motivation) as well as development (experience, training and feedback, and coaching and mentoring).
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