Minorities are Still Scarce Among Law Firm Partners and General Counsel
Minority lawyers now make up 16 percent of law firms — a record high — but remain scarce at the top, where only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to new data collected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Put another way, The Washington Post reports, nearly half of their white counterparts make partner, while the vast majority of minorities remain associates.
Reporter Tracy Jan writes that only 11 percent of general counsel at Fortune 500 companies are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American even though minorities make up a third of the legal profession as a whole.
