In 2002, the National LGBT Bar Association held its first job fair for gay and lesbian lawyers, and most of the time the aspiring lawyers sat around the table—waiting to be interviewed by someone.
Representatives from a couple of dozen businesses showed up at the Philadelphia event, mostly nonprofits plus a few law firms, “and we were delighted,” recalls D’Arcy Kemnitz, executive director of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender bar. The next year, the fair was held at Fordham University and was picketed by antigay activists. But by the 2006 fair, more than 125 entities recruited, including some of the 50 richest law firms.
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