Enhancing Inclusiveness From The Inside Out
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3.24.14
Several years ago, the Center For Legal Inclusiveness hosted a meeting between in-house counsel from various companies and diverse law firm partners, Todd wrote. During that meeting, we discussed challenges in retaining diverse attorneys, focusing largely on why they leave law firms.
Of the reasons diverse attorneys gave for leaving, those that struck me the most were the lack of meaningful work (or enough work to meet firm billable hour requirements), little to no introduction to important firm clients and the lack of business development opportunities.