With Diversity Stagnating, NYC Bar Association Launches Major Effort to Help Young Students Become Lawyers

By Susan DeSantis

May 20, 2019

With Diversity Stagnating, NYC Bar Association Launches Major Effort to Help Young Students Become Lawyers

5.20.2019

By Susan DeSantis

The New York Law Journal mentioned the New York City Bar’s outreach to NYSBA to improve diversity in the legal profession. (may require subscription)

“Given the resources that the legal profession wields and the prominent and near universal calls for greater diversity in the profession, the lack of progress for Black/African American and Latinx attorneys presents a critical challenge demanding immediate attention,” a city bar association task force said.

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