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In November 2005, the American Bar Association Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession, led by Chair Evett L. Simmons, spearheaded the seminal conference, “Embracing the Opportunities for Increasing Diversity into the Legal Profession: Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline.” With the indispensable co-sponsorship of the Law School Admission Council, this conference brought together more than 200 practitioners and educators to explore strategies for enhancing diversity in the legal profession.
Post-Conference Report - Embracing the Opportunities for Increasing Diversity Into the Legal Profession: Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline
Through letters, the contributors offer practical advice and inspiration that all women will find beneficial to their careers and personal development.
Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Words of Wisdom from Multicultural Women Attorneys Who've Been There and Done That
A summary report of the Third National Conference on the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on the Justice System - New Orleans, Louisiana - November 3-5, 2006
Making the Invisible Visible: A New Approach to Disaster Planning and Response - Resource Book
This 20-page book addresses many of the common questions high school students have about undertaking a legal career. These include: - What is a Lawyer's role in society? - What does a Lawyer do anyway? - Why should you become a Lawyer? - You've decided to become a Lawyer, now what? The book also covers the role diversity plays in the legal profession, the state of diversity in the profession and its importance.
Choose Law: A Profession for All
This examines the unique difference in attitudes directed toward woman attorneys of color. A free supplementary report on the experiences of Native American women lawyers is available.
The Burdens of Both, The Privileges of Neither
Compilation of resource materials from the Council on Racial & Ethnic Justice - Roundtable Discussion on Successful Models to Improve our Juvenile Justice System
Overrepresentation of Juveniles of Color in the Juvenile Justice System
Our members explain why becoming an ABA member is an important asset in the careers of minority attorneys.
The Simplest Reason
Ogletree, Jr. With this timely volume, the ABA Commission on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education brings together attorneys who were involved in the Brown litigation, current Supreme Court justices, legal scholars, historians, and social scientists to discuss the meaning of the Court's famous 1954 opinion that called for an end to segregated public schools. The result is, in the words of co-editors Deborah L. Rhode (Stanford Law School) and Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (Harvard Law School), "an occasion to celebrate our progress, confront our failures, and reassess our strategies."
Brown at 50: The Unfinished Legacy: A Collection of Essays (Paperback)
Examines the participation of minorities in the ABA as members, speakers and leadership.
Goal IX Report 2007-2008
This issue of Family Advocate focuses primarily on the changing face of America and the impact diverse clients have on the law and the ways in which attorneys must adapt to meet their needs. Articles featured in this issue include: - Representing Diverse Clients - Lost in Translation - Making the Cross-Cultural Case - Domestic Violence in a Cultural Context - Race, Culture, and Mediation - Transracial & Transcultural Adoptions
Family Advocate Vol. 27, No. 2: Are You Ready? Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Clients
Law firms, corporations, and other legal employers have recognized that they waste money and resources when they train individuals only to see them leave a short time later. General counsel, managing partners, legal human resource personnel, and other decision makers can now turn to a single source to begin addressing the problem. Raising the Bar offers a comprehensive program for finding answers to diversity and retention questions in the legal profession
Raising the Bar: Diversity and Retention in the Legal Profession
Guide discusses the long history of inequality in the criminal justice system, as well as attempts to overcome such bias. Topics include racial and ethnic profiling, race and ethnicity in jury selection, crime victimization, seeking more diversity in the system, race and ethnicity in the war on drugs, among others. Booklet also offers timeline of important U.S. Supreme Court decisions, projects for students, and sources for further information. 57 pages.
Race, Ethnicity, and the American Criminal Justice System: A Resource Guide for Teachers
Our expert panel discusses the strategic reasons to conduct diversity training at your firm or law department and analyze successes and lessons learned with regard to diversity training.
The Whys and Hows of Diversity Training (Audio CD Package)
Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms presents the findings of the survey and focus group research and concludes with specific recommendations for law firms interested in retaining women of color.
Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms
ABA YLD Developing a Model Diversity Plan
ABA YLD Developing a Model Diversity Plan

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