Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals

Online Registration for Charting Your Own Course Diversity Conference Now Available

asantos — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:11:35 +0000

Online registration for the industry leading diversity conference Charting Your Own Course is now available. Please click here to access the site and obtain more information about the conference scheduled in Philadelphia on March 9 - 12, 2012.

ALFDP WELCOMES ITS NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS!

Don Smith — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:07:15 +0000

At the Fall 2011 Conference, the following ALFDP members were elected to the ALFDP board:

Maja D. Hazell - President
Peter Wilson, Jr. - Vice President
Christiani Franck - Treasurer
Kenneth Imo - Member at Large
Lisa A. Linsky - Member at Large

ALFDP would like to thank the following outgoing officer:

Michelle Wimes - Member at Large

The current ALFDP board is composed of the following members and officers:

Maja D. Hazell - Interim President
Sylvia F. James - Interim Treasurer and President Emeritus
Genhi Bailey - Secretary
Theresa Cropper - Historian
Keith Earley - Member at Large

Fall 2011 ALFDP Newsletter

Don Smith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:45:08 +0000

ALFDP has recently published its Fall 2011 Newsletter! Click here to view the full report.

2011 ALFDP Fall Conference (September 27, 2011)

Don Smith — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:45:29 +0000

The 2011 ALFDP Fall Conference: Diversity & Inclusion 5G is scheduled for September 27, 2011 at the New York office of White & Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas.

If you are planning to attend this year’s conference, please complete the pre-registration form by clicking on the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZBWBQNM

Please contact Tanya Johnson (TanyaJohnson@perkinscoie.com) or Zakiyyah Salim-Williams (zswilliams@gibsondunn.com), your conference co-chairs, with any questions.

Conference Agenda:

8:30 am - 9:00 am - Conference Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am - Greetings and Welcome

9:15 am - 10:15 am - Panel: Creating Targeted Initiatives for Diverse Attorneys

10:15 am- 10:30 am - Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am - Breakout Session, two (2) concurrent workshops:

(1) Measuring Results of Diversity Initiatives

(2) Engaging Decision Makers and Practice Group Leaders

11:15 am - 11:30 am - Break

11:30 am - 12:15 pm - Breakout Session, three (3) concurrent workshops:

(1) Fighting Diversity Fatigue (for diversity professionals 3+ years)

(2) Preventing Diversity Fatigue (for newer diversity professionals)

(3) Unconscious Bias

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm - Networking & Lunch

1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Diversity Communications: Creating and Revamping Print, Digital and Social-Media to appeal to all Generations

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm - Break

2:45 pm - 3:45 pm - Annual Business & Closing from the President

AmLaw 2011 Diversity Scorecard Published

Don Smith — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:40:08 +0000

To access the American Lawyer’s annual ranking of large U.S. law firms according to their percentage of minority associates and partners, please click on the following link: 2011 Diversity Scorecard

California Bar wants ‘U.S. News’ to add diversity as factor in law school rankings

Don Smith — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:29:07 +0000

On February 17, 2010, the National Law Journal published an article discussing the California Bar’s request for ’U.S. News’ to add diversity as factor in law school rankings. The State Bar of California’s Council on Access & Fairness is finalizing a proposal that calls on U.S. News to adjust its formula so that diversity accounts for 15% of the overall law school rankings.

To access the full article, please select the following link: CA Bar Wants US News Diversity Rankings

A Whiter Shade of Pale: Study Finds NY Firms Less Diverse

Don Smith — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:33:03 +0000

On, January 26, 2011, the New York Lawyer published the article, “A Whiter Shade of Pale: Study Finds NY Firms Less Diverse” discussing the results of the New York City Bar’s 2010 Diversity Benchmarking Study.

Among other things, the study reported that for the first time since March 2004, the percentage of minorities and women declined at the reports responding firms, dipping to 16.6 percent of total attorneys from 18.1 percent last year for minorities, and 35.3 percent for women, down from 36 percent.

To access the full article, please select the following link: A Whiter Shade of Pale: Study Finds NY Firms Less Diverse

ALFDP WELCOMES ITS NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS!

Don Smith — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:53:48 +0000

At the Fall 2010 Conference, the following ALFDP members were elected to the ALFDP board:

George Braxton - President
Sylvia James - President Emeritus
Genhi Bailey - Secretary
Keith Earley - Member at Large

ALFDP would like to thank the following outgoing officers:

Sylvia James - President
Anna Brown - President Emeritus
Kisha Nunez- Secretary

The current ALFDP board is composed of the following members and officers:

Maja Hazell - President
Denise Robinson - Treasurer
Sylvia James - President Emeritus
Genhi Bailey - Secretary
Theresa Cropper - Historian
Keith Earley - Member at Large
Michelle Wimes - Member at Large

Number of Women Lawyers Hits 5-Year Low at NLJ 250 Firms

Don Smith — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:38:25 +0000

On November, 16, 2010, the National Law Journal reported that the percentage of women partners and associates working at NLJ 250 law firms this year fell to its lowest point since 2006.

Women associates and partners accounted for 29.2 percent of all attorneys at NLJ 250 firms. Five years ago, women made up 32 percent of attorneys at those firms. The findings are from The National Law Journal’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest law firms.

To access the full article, please select the following link: Number of Women Lawyers Hits 5-Year Low at NLJ 250 Firms

Recession blamed for ‘historic’ decline in law firm diversity

Don Smith — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:29:10 +0000

On November 4, 2010, the National Law Journal reported on the The National Association for Law Placement’s (NALP) latest diversity statistics, concluding that the percentage of both minority attorneys and women attorneys declined slightly at firms during 2010. NALP’s findings mirror similar conclusions released in recent months by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA),Vault and National Law Journal affiliate The American Lawyer. All three surveys found small pockets of improvement, either at individual firms or among subsets of the attorney population, but the larger conclusions were that diversity suffered. It was the first time in the 17 years that NALP has collected demographic data that diversity actually declined.

Please select the following link to access the full article: Recession blamed for ‘historic’ decline in law firm diversity