"It's Not About Dumping White, Male Lawyers:" Signatory to Open Letter Explains Why This Diversity Push Is Different
Turo CLO Michelle Fang says giving more work to diverse lawyers doesn't have to mean firing existing, trusted advisers. It's about building new trusted relationships.
January 30, 2019 at 08:09 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Michelle Fang and 169 general counsel at other corporations were riding a high Sunday when news of their open letter to law firms demanding more diversity was met with great praise and excitement.
But one of her comments in a New York Times article about the profession's diversity problem caught the attention of the likes of me. She said she would have a hard time firing the white, male lawyer she has long worked with and trusted if his firm weren't diverse enough. I seized on that as emblematic of why the problem of diversity in law is so difficult to fix.
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