'We Look for the Person With Heart': How Small Legal Teams Snag Diverse Candidates
"One has to really get beyond the resume to get to know the person, understand their goals and objectives out of life and the practice of law," said Stephen Kim, chief legal officer of Avicanna.
March 21, 2022 at 10:45 AM
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DiversitySmall corporate legal departments, those with 10 or fewer attorneys, are fighting to boost the diversity of their staffs just as their bigger brethren are, but face especially daunting obstacles, general counsel and experts on legal hiring say.
Those often range from having fewer resources for recruiting and lower pay scales to just not having enough positions on staff for minorities of similar backgrounds to build a sizable community.
"If you have very small departments, then you have more limited opportunities to include each of those as a dominant diversity," said Melba Hughes, national in-house diversity practice leader at Major, Lindsey & Africa.
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