{"id":32769,"date":"2022-06-14T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=32769"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:20:26","slug":"we-need-more-black-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/14\/we-need-more-black-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need More Black Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Historically, the legal profession has been one of the least diverse in the nation. In 2007, around 4% of lawyers identified as African American, and about 4% identified as Hispanic. A decade later, those numbers increased to approximately 5% each, despite the fact that African Americans made up around 13.3% of the population and Hispanics made up about 17.8%. Between 2009 and 2016, the percentage of female lawyers increased by less than one percent.<\/p>\n

Jim Leipold, leader of the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), has noted, \u201cThe data story we used to tell about [diversity, equity, and inclusion] was a slow, upward trajectory\u2014it\u2019s getting better. But the more I lived with that data, I thought, \u2018It\u2019s not getting better, particularly for Black lawyers and Black law graduates.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Why Do We Need Diversity in the Legal Profession?<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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