Diversity Resources for Bar Leaders
These pages are organized by subject matter and contain articles, presentations, reports, and links to other materials to educate the bar association community about important topics. If the information you need is not covered on one of the resource pages, please feel free to contact the Division for Bar Services' Information Coordinator with regard to your question.Statistics & Reports
- U.S. Census Report on Race and Ethnicity
- ABA Goal IX Report Examines the participation of minorities in the ABA as members, speakers and leadership.
- Statistics on Minorities in the Profession
- Statistics on Total Minority J.D. Degrees Awarded
- Statistics on Total Minority J.D. Enrollment
- Executive Summary of: Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms Survey and report conducted by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
- NCBP Bar Leaders of Color Timeline Names and terms of office for state and local bar associations with presidents of color.
Recruitment & Retention
- Chicago Report finds Retention is one Key to Diversity Bar Leader(November/December 2001)
ABA Partnership Awards
The ABA Partnership Awards Program recognizes efforts by bar associations to increase the participation and advancement of lawyers of color in the organized bar and to attract students of color to the legal profession.
Colorful Trailblazers
- ABA Division of Public Education: Raising the Bar: Pioneers in the Legal Profession
- From Immigrant to Bar Chancellor: Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua's Odyssey Bar Leader (January/February 2005)
- Pioneering Bar Leaders share their Stories Bar Leader (March/April 2003)
- "Fred Gray: A Profile in Leadership Bar Leader (March/April 2003)
Diversity in Bar Leadership & Bar Associations
- Achieving Diversity among bar staff requires Persistence and Ingenuity Bar Leader (November/December 2005)
- A Change at the Top: Diversity among Bar Presidents Bar Leader (March/April 2003)
- Distinct Voices: National Minority Bar Associations Bar Leader (March/April 2003)
Building the Pipeline
- The Pipeline: Bar Associations' Critical Role in Increasing Diversity in the Profession Bar Leader (March/April 2006)
- ABA/LSAC Pipeline Diversity Post-Conference Report: Embracing the Opportunities for Increasing Diversity into the Legal Profession: Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline.
- ABA/LSAC Pipeline Diversity Directory
Diversity in Law Firms
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