PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON DIVERSITY IN THE PROFESSION
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 Chair, Ruthe C. Ashley California ALL Sacramento, CA |
The American Bar Association's Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession offers programs and services to improve diversity in the "pipeline" to the legal profession. Our charge is to increase the number of people of color on the track to becoming lawyers. This work starts with grade school and consummates with bar passage. One of our initiatives is the Pipeline Diversity Conference, held November 2005. As a special committee of the ABA Board of Governors, the Advisory Council on Diversity works with key association leadership to spearhead pipeline diversity issues, such as law school admissions, bar examination passage, and paucity of minority males in law school. Continued... |
Upcoming Events - FREE Ethics CLE
Pipeline Roundtable Discussion "Plumbing the Diversity Pipeline II"– Friday, August 8, 10 AM-Noon, Waldorf Astoria, Norse Suite, 18th Floor.
“The Pipeline to the Profession” is on everyone’s lips; but what do we mean when we say this? Plumbing the Diversity Pipeline to the Legal Profession discusses this important issue and explores what is happening to expand diversity among students in the pipeline to the legal profession. The roundtable will highlight effective strategies for building pipeline projects and programs with illustrations from successful projects, and present metrics for measuring and defining success. Participants will also discuss how individuals and organizations can get involved in plugging the leaks along the pipeline.
ABA and LSAC Developing Pipeline Diversity Directory
The ABA Advisory Council on Diversity and the Law School Admission Council have launched a major research project to identify programs that encourage students of color to consider and prepare for legal careers. Click here, to enter your organization's initiatives in this comprehensive online database.
Click here to search the Pipeline Diversity Directory database.
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