NALP Director of Research Danielle A. Taylor provides analysis on employment outcomes by race/ethnicity for Class of 2019 law school graduates from the recent Jobs & JDs publication.
NALP Director of Research Danielle Taylor highlights changes in the racial and ethnic representation of summer associates since the Great Recession from NALP’s 2021 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms.
NALP Research: Race/Ethnicity & Gender
Judith Collins recaps the effects of NALP’s research on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the legal profession as part of the association’s 50th Anniversary in 2021.
Suited Co-Founder and CEO Matthew Spencer explains how law firms can use artificial intelligence to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in recruiting and hiring.
Recent data from NALP indicates there is a significant hiring gap between Native American and Indigenous students and their classmates. To address this, many law schools are taking steps to make their institutions more welcoming and supportive spaces for this group.
This article examines five years of trend data to understand how employment outcomes vary by both level of parental education and race/ethnicity. First-generation college students consistently find employment at lower rates compared to their continuing-generation college and JD peers.
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s Ray English outlines five steps for being anti-racist.
NALP Research, Racial/Ethnic Representation of Class of 2019 Judicial Clerks, February 2021
Demographic Profile of Judicial Clerks, NALP Bulletin, July 2003
Lane Powell’s Melissa Berry examines benevolent stereotyping in the legal profession.
NALP Research, Changes in the Racial/Ethnic Representation of Summer Associates Since the Great Recession, May 2022
NALP Research: Race/Ethnicity and the Geographic Distribution of Law Firm Jobs Taken by New Graduates , October 2008
Four strategies for challenging unconscious bias at law firms: be the first out of the gate, drop hints, verbalize the unconscious, and counteract it, and get allies to help communicate the unconscious.
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NALP Director of Research Danielle Taylor shares results from a third round of “pulse” surveys on racial justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts at U.S. law schools and law firms.
The spring and summer 2020 news prominently featured the killing of Black people, highlighted issues of systemic racism, and protests around those killings and issues. A law school career services professional discusses the personal and professional impact.
Chapman Cutler’s Shannon Burke and Jessica Hoffer offer tips for increasing cross-departmental collaboration and communication among the recruiting and DEI functions at legal employers.
Wake Forest University School of Law’s Alison Ashe-Card, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Molly Stafford, and University of Colorado Law School’s Nicole Netkin-Collins examine the role of well-being in dismantling racism in the legal profession.
NALP Research on Diversity & Demographics
Fringe Professional Development’s Rachael Bosch and Janelle Christian explain the importance of being an accomplice instead of an ally or bystander in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) space.
Penn State Dickinson Law’s Tom Lee and Laura Williams address the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession.
The final installment of a three-part series about dismantling racism in the legal profession by Alison Ashe-Card, Molly Stafford, and Nicole Netkin-Collins is part of the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition of the NALP Bulletin.
William & Mary Law School’s Moriah Berger Allen reviews the book by 2021 NALP Annual Education Conference speaker Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.
NALP Research, How Is the Racial/Ethnic Representation of Summer Associates Changing? (2025)
Thompson Hine LLP’s Nirvana Dove explains why it is so important to attend this year’s NALP/ALFDP Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit, to be held virtually Oct. 7.
NALP Director of Public Service Initiatives Sam Halpert explores the legal responses Executive Order 13950 “on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” issued by President Donald Trump.
Co-chairs of the NALP Task Force on Neurodiversity, Paul Johnson and Angela Sordi, update members about resources available to help understand the topic and how it impacts hiring and recruitment at legal employers.
Wake Forest University School of Law’s Alison Ashe-Card, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law’s Molly Stafford and University of Colorado Law School’s Nicole Netkin-Collins launch a second series of three articles about efforts to dismantle racism and white supremacy in the legal profession.
NALP’s 2021-22 PSJD Fellow Chelsea-Leigh Flucus explores wage transparency and its impact on public service attorneys as employers strive to retain their workers amid the “Great Resignation.”
NALP Research, Representation of Women and People of Color in U.S. Law Firms in 2020, June 2021
Race/Ethnicity and the Geographic Distribution of Law Firm Jobs Taken by New Graduates - Class of 2008, NALP Bulletin, October 2009
This second of a three-part NALP Bulletin series addresses the personal and systemic steps involved with dismantling racism and white supremacy to attain a legal profession that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
NALP Executive Director James G. Leipold highlights the positives, and the work that remains, from the association’s 2021 Report on Diversity at U.S. Law Firms, available at www.nalp.org/reportondiversity.
Part 2 of the article series on recent legislation targeting anti-trans and non-binary individuals by authors Rafael Langer-Osuna of Squire Patton Boggs, University of California Berkely School of Law’s Melanie Rowen, and Molly Stafford of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
Judith Collins examines employment outcomes for Native American and Alaska Native law students and graduates since 1991.
NALP Vice-President for Finance Carlos Davila-Caballero calls on the association to increase the representation of people from diverse backgrounds on the NALP Board of Directors.
NALP President Traci Mundy Jenkins explains how NALP is keeping the foot on the pedal by supporting and creating new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and programs in the legal profession.
New NALP President Karl Riehl of Epstein Becker Green summarizes important takeaways from the first in-person Annual Education Conference (AEC) in three years that took place during April in New Orleans.
NALP Executive Director James G. Leipold underscores the importance of legal employers and law schools striving to create environments where most people can feel that they belong.
NALP Research, Native American and Alaska Native Law Students and Lawyers, December 2023
NALP Report on Diversity, December 2019
