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Diversity & Inclusion Resources

Diversity & Inclusion Resources


KBA Resources

  • 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge
  • 10-1-20: Diversity Program: Removing Obstacles - Finding Innovative Solutions to Tackle Bias and Social Injustice Video
    • Summary of Small Group Discussions
  • 10-3-19: Diversity Program- Diversity & Inclusion Theory Meets Realty
  • 9-25-18: Diversity Program: A Call to Action: From Awareness to Commitment
         Action Items – Attorneys
         Action Items – Law Students

     

DICTA Articles: What I think about Inclusion and Why It Matters

October 2020: Journey to a Better Understanding
November 2020: Strength in Perspective



ABA Resources

  • Diversity & Inclusion Resources
  • Two Dozen GCs Bring Diversity to Law Firms


Resources to understanding race relations in the U.S.

  • Potential Action Steps


Best Practices and Measures of Success

  • Best Practices in Achieving Workforce Diversity in Government
  • NALP Diversity Best Practice Guide
  • Next Steps in Understanding and Increasing Diversity & Inclusion in Large Law Firms
  • Fostering Diversity in Public Service
  • Effectively Managing Employees to Get Results in a Diverse Workplace such as American Express
  • How to Measure the Return on Investment of Training Initiatives by Edward Hubbard
  • Measuring the Value and Impact of Workforce Diversity by Edward Hubbard
  • Beyond Diversity - Inclusiveness in the Legal Profession
  • Diversity Metrics
  • Proven Strategies for Addressing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
  • Unleashing the Power of Diversity through Inclusive Leadership
  • Reinventing the Job Interview - An episode from the podcast “Work Life” by organizational psychologist Adam Grant. This episode is about reinventing the traditional interview, and many of these concepts can be applied to legal recruiting, specifically with diverse candidates. 


Diversity Pipeline

  • Access Group Diversity Pipeline Programs
     

Articles, Initiatives, Charts, Studies, and Surveys on Diversity

  • Written in Black & White: Exploring Confirmation Bias in Racialized Perceptions of Writing Skills
  • Association of Legal Administrators Diversity Toolkit
  • 14 Ways to Discuss Diversity in Your Law Firm
  • 10 Ways to Combat Diversity Fatigue
  • National Associate of Women Lawyers Annual Surveys on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms
  • Leading New York Law Firms Lag in Including Women and Minorities
  • Coca-Cola Pushes for Diversity
  • Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
  • Why Diversity Matters Report by McKinsey & Company
  • Law is the least diverse profession in the nation, and lawyers aren’t doing enough to change that, by The Washington Post
  • Storm on the Horizon: Implications of the Growing Diversity Disparity Between Corporate America and their Law Firms
  • Lessons Learned by Mark Roellig
  • How to Be a Better White Person in 2020
  • Being Poor
  • Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
  • Women lawyers of color share challenges of surviving in legal profession
  • LEFT OUT and LEFT BEHIND: The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal Careers for Women of Color

Trial Work & Bias

  • Subtle Contextual Influences on Racial Bias in the Courtroom
  • Trial Teams and the Power of Diversity
  • Jurors' Perceptions of Trial Team Diversity
  • Your Unconscious Bias Trainings Keep Failing Because You’re Not Addressing Systemic Bias
  • https://youtu.be/AGUwcs9qJXY  - It explains how various laws, funding, and criminal justice policies resulted in poor black households, which results in generational issues. 

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