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Diversity Committee

Ricky Evangelista, Chair of the GP|Solo Diversity Committee
Richard T. Evangelista
Chair, GP|Solo Diversity Committee

As the only ABA group exclusively dedicated to the needs of general practitioners and solo and small firm lawyers, GP|Solo recognizes that the diversity of our nearly 30,000 members brings a variety of unique and valuable skills and perspectives to the Division.

The Diversity Committee has the responsibility to ensure that its leadership and its membership maintain and increase the diversity within the Division. This bar year it is our goal to make the GP|Solo Diversity Committee the most active in the Division and the ABA! The committee offers many professional and social development opportunities for general practitioners and solo and small law firm lawyers, including:

  1. Sponsoring CLE presentations;
  2. Speaking opportunities;
  3. Publishing articles in any one of the many GP|Solo publications; and
  4. Developing relationships with other minority bar organizations.

How can you take advantage of these opportunities? Simply let us know you’re interested! Feel free to contact me via email at rtestx@gmail.com. The Diversity Committee and the entire GP|Solo leadership team look forward to working with you.

With warm regards,

Richard T. Evangelista
Chair, GP|Solo Diversity Committee

»Diversity Fellows

Richard Evangelista, Chair of the Diversity Committee and other member and advisors meet at the Division’s Spring Meeting on Friday, May 2, 2008 in New Orleans, LA. The following four (4) applicants were selected to receive a diversity fellowship for the 2009 year. More

Congrats to the 2009 Diversity Fellows

Atinuke O. Diver Cambridge, MA
Charles W. Lamb, Jr. Albany, GA
Eugene D. Lee Los Angeles, CA
Harshan K. Makkar Duluth, GA

Diversity Fellowship Homepage

»Goal IX

Goal IX is the ABA's internal initiative to further the full and equal participation in the legal profession by minorities, women, lawyers with disabilities, and lawyers with differing sexual orientations and gender identities. Each fall, the ABA’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, Commission on Women in the Profession and Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law collect relevant diversity statistics throughout the Association and report them at the Midyear Meeting.

Once again, we’re proud to announce that the General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division was awarded the ABA's 2007 Goal IX Honor Roll by the Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.

Not only did GP|Solo appear on both honor rolls, but it was also pointed out the Division was the only entity to have a person of disability participate in its CLE programming and author one of its publications.

Download the Complete 2007 Goal IX Report

Public Service

Tolerance Through Education Initiative
Welcome to School: Helping Kids Belong
The headlines continue concerning hate motivated attacks against individuals in our communities. As our schoolyards and workplaces continue to become a mosaic of cultures, the need for teaching tolerance remains a timely and important undertaking. You can be an instrumental part of teaching tolerance through education by participating in the General Practice Solo, and Small Firm Division's national public service project

Diversity Plan

Behind every good initiative there is a plan. Download our Diversity Plan.

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