BENCH: Efforts should be made to promote minority representation
on the bench through informational programs designed to encourage
minority lawyers to consider judicial office.
NON-JUDICIAL EMPLOYEES: The courts should assess their fair
employment hiring practices and make efforts to promote minorities
into positions at every level of employment.
LAW SCHOOLS: Law schools should give top priority to recruiting
and retaining both minority students and a diverse faculty.
LAW FIRMS: Law firms should follow all applicable laws regarding
minority hiring practices and additionally, recruit a diverse group
of attorneys from law schools across the country.
BAR ASSOCIATIONS: Continued efforts should be made to have
a representational bench and bar in each state.
| VIII(a) |
Bar associations should sponsor programs for minority lawyers
on what steps you should take to get on the bench.
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| VIII(b) |
Bar associations should co-sponsor programs with law schools
and minority alumni clerks to increase the number of minority
law clerks.
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| VIII(c) |
Law school curriculums should be developed to include discussions
of a law students' ethical responsibility for equal justice, at
the earliest stages of their education.
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| VIII(d) |
Bar associations should develop programs that seek to increase
the number of minority students in law school, such as the model
developed by the black engineering association which begins in
elementary school and goes through college, and a Boston project
where lawyers work with high school students on oral arguments.
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| VIII(e) |
Bar associations should work with large law firms on programs
to increase the number of minority lawyers, since a large number
of judicial appointments come from big firms.
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