Remember what a royal pain I was last year when I instituted my Unicorn Watch to track African American partner elevations? As you might recall, I lamented the dearth of new black partners at the nation's largest firms. I went so far as to publicly shame some firms with zero new black partners.

Well, I'm back on the trail, and here's the news flash: It isn't all terrible.

Shockingly, there's some encouraging news on the diversity front for new partners, including black lawyers. Some firms have even promoted more than one lonely black associate! How radical is that? Also noteworthy: Black women are holding their own.