Research

Why Corporate Initiatives to Promote Inclusion Through Selection of Outside Counsel Can Co-Exist with Title VII: Another Look at Corporate Counsel Requests for Law Firm Diversity
Prepared by the law firm Jackson Lewis. Read more about this white paper in the special commemorative issue of Diversity & the Bar®.

Recommendations for Inclusion of Attorneys with Disabilities

Presented by Veta T. Richardson at the ABA's National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities; Washington D.C., June 16, 2009

Women- and Minority-Owned Law Firms: Taking the Pulse

Authored by Brandon M. Fitzgerald, this September 2009 research report relies on the data from MCCA's June/July 2009 survey of women- and minority-owned law firms.

Creating Pathways to Diversity ® A Study of Law Department Best Practices - 2005 Update of the Green Book (Lime Green Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity® A Study of Law Department Best Practices re-examines the diversity practices of 15 corporate law departments in the United States. This book is an update to the Kelly Green Book.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^® A Study of Law Department Best Practices (Green Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^® A Study of Law Department Best Practices closely examines the diversity practices of 16 corporate law departments in the United States.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^®: A Set of Recommend Practices for Law Firms (Blue Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^®: A Set of Recommend Practices for Law Firms is an in-depth data-driven that balances quantitative and qualitative findings about the diversity practices and plans in law firms.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^®: - The Myth of the Meritocracy: A Report on the Bridges and Barriers to Success in Large Law Firms (Purple Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^®: - The Myth of the Meritocracy: A Report on the Bridges and Barriers to Success in Large Law Firms is the result of a year-long project launched to answer the following questions: What criteria do partner use to decide who will attain partnership? What factors distinguish those who make partner from senior associates who are not elected? To what extent do credentials and experience, such as law school and other factors really distinguish successful lawyers form those who do not make it to partnership.
 

Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Metrics for Success: Measurement in Diversity Initiatives (Burgundy Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Metrics for Success: Measurement in Diversity Initiatives is a report is designed to help you apply measurement approaches that are appropriate for various stages of diversity progression.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^® From Lawyer to Business Partner Career Advancement in Corporate Law Departments (Pink Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^® From Lawyer to Business Partner Career Advancement in Corporate Law Departments examines the success factors and barriers to advancing in-house.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Perspectives from the Invisible Bar: Gay & Lesbian Attorneys in the Profession (Lavender Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Perspectives from the Invisible Bar: Gay & Lesbian Attorneys in the Profession - is a collection of articles and research reports to examine how sexual orientation affects attorneys in law firms and in law departments.

Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Mentoring Across Differences: A Guide to Cross-Gender and Cross-Race Mentoring (Yellow Book)
Creating Pathways to Diversity^® Mentoring Across Differences: A Guide to Cross-Gender and Cross-Race Mentoring examines mentoring relationships in law firms and law departments.