Diversity in the legal profession is an important issue for policy, societal and business reasons. Yet corporate law departments and law firms are not as diverse as they should be, and there is a risk that the problem will get worse rather than better during the next decade.
The United States is becoming more diverse, but the legal profession is not. The present lack of diversity among lawyers only exacerbates the problem by prompting talented African-American students to go elsewhere.
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