The ranks of women and minority attorneys at U.S. law firms declined last year, according to a number of recent surveys, but the numbers don’t tell the full story.
Data compiled by Building a Better Legal Profession — a student group based at Stanford Law School that advocates for lawyer diversity — indicate that most law firms protected their women and minority associates during the past year. Much of the national decline can be attributed to about a quarter of firms that lost minorities in much higher percentages than they did whites, the organization said.
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