Promoting Social Justice May Bolster Law Firm Recruiting

"To join a corporate firm, I would want to know that Black and brown attorneys are needed and valued, because they increase the talent pool, not just fill a quota or create an impression of diversity," said James Smith, 23, a second-year law student at Temple University from Northeast Philadelphia.

August 18, 2020 at 03:20 PM

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Erica Silverman

A growing number of Black law students have been admitted to law school in 2020, and an increasing number have taken the Law School Admissions Test since mid-March—potentially signaling progress in a long-sought change in the legal profession in Philadelphia and beyond.