Improving the Diversity Efforts at Your Law Firm

The need for increased diversity in the legal profession is not new. Whether it’s because your clients are asking for it or you believe it creates a better workplace environment for everyone, diversity is here to stay. The problem is, too many law firms take a “one-size fits all” approach to diversity or only do it to “check the box”. Change is required for diversity efforts to have a lasting impact on a law firm’s culture. This CLE will go over some of the top reasons why certain law firm diversity efforts fail, and provide improved ways to approach the topic for lasting impact and change within the legal profession and beyond.

Attend this important and relevant program to explore how your current efforts may not see the long-term results you were hoping for. Discussions will include the ways to strategize and approach diversity in the legal profession, and how to create a revised plan of action that will see lasting results. Whether you own your own law firm, have a leadership role in a law firm, or you want to learn more about diversity and how you can help create solutions and advancement in this crucial field within the legal profession and beyond, you should attend this CLE program.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the current diversity efforts within your firm and the profession and a whole
• Understand what works and what does not and why
• Enumerate and compare your current diversity efforts with improved ones