By Brian Lee | February 23, 2023
George Boyer Vashon came to New York after twice being denied entry to the profession in Pennsylvania. His great-grandson is today a Duane Morris partner in Philadelphia.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Brian Lee | February 23, 2023
George Boyer Vashon came to New York after twice being denied entry to the profession in Pennsylvania. His great-grandson became Philadelphia's first chief diversity officer.
Delaware Law Weekly | On the Move
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | February 21, 2023
Richards, Layton & Finger announced that Nicole Pedi has been accepted into the 2023 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellows program, and Dorronda Bordley and Kinsey Lenehan have been accepted into the 2023 LCLD Pathfinders program.
By The Associated Press | February 17, 2023
The lawsuit accused school administrators in Effingham County of a broad pattern of racial discrimination. Allegations included that students were prohibited from wearing Black Lives Matter shirts to school events while white peers got to wear shirts with Confederate flags.
By Michael A. Mora | Lisa Willis | February 17, 2023
"There will not be fairness in state courts unless the judiciary is consistently and intentionally educated about diversity, fairness, and inclusion," argued Ernest L. Chang, the president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
By Brian Lee | February 17, 2023
Carmen Velasquez, a Queens Supreme Court justice and the United States' first Ecuadorian-American judge, said she and other judges aren't happy about being excluded. But a court spokesperson said the Judiciary Law mandates that the courts must use certain ethnic and racial categories as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Colleen Murphy | February 16, 2023
"That would be too much work if we started going through every single case and picking out cases for in person based on last name," one court clerk said in the report. "A person's last name does not play any part in the scheduling of a matter."
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Ahmed J. Davis | February 16, 2023
African Americans continue to be underrepresented among patent holders as Black contributions to innovation have been historically overlooked.
By Dan Roe | February 14, 2023
The holistic program prompts participants to advance Black equity across their organizations and within their communities.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Marc J. Zucker and Tara D. Phoenix | February 13, 2023
While this rule change, if adopted, represents progress, it should not end the conversation about the role of DEI programming in continuing education requirements for Pennsylvania lawyers.
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