Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I'm Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I'll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week, I'm chatting with University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz about the Sacramento Legal Employers Diversity Collective—a new initiative between the school and 30 local employers that aims to broaden the pipeline into the legal profession and help firms and legal organizations to recruit and retain diverse attorneys. Schwartz spoke with me about the importance of collaborating with employers to realize diversity gains. Next up, I'm checking in on the GRE's push into the law school admissions scene and where that stands.

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To Improve Lawyer Diversity, Get Employers on Board

For Michael Hunter Schwartz, dean of the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, the light bulb went off in the fall of 2019 after he formed a diversity board. A member of the newly convened board pulled him aside and said, "If you really want to advance diversity in the legal profession, you need to get the legal employers involved."