Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Law firms have spent years promising to hire and promote more Black lawyers. Their corporate clients are now pressuring them to show results, driven by the national debate about race and equity.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Companies including Microsoft, Uber and Intel are asking the law firms they hire to detail how many diverse lawyers they employ and whether those lawyers are assigned meaningful work. Firms that don’t have good answers might lose out on bonuses or not get hired. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ At Microsoft, law firms in the company’s preferred network can earn bonuses if they hit diversity targets. Starting in January, Intel will only hire U.S. law firms whose U.S. equity partnerships are comprised of at least 21% women and 10% underrepresented minorities.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ About 2% of partners at U.S. law firms and less than 5% of attorneys in the lower ranks are Black, figures that have barely budged for decades, according to the National Association for Law Placement. In law schools, Black students make up less than 8% of total enrollment, compared with about 13% of the U.S. population, and are more likely to attend lower-ranked schools largely ignored by the most prestigious law firms.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.」11月9日 11時05分