How to Resolve Big Law’s Diversity Problem? ... $$$

There’s a disconnect between the diversity and inclusion efforts corporate counsel want to see from their law firms and what they’re actually getting, according to the results of a Big Law Business survey sponsored by Paul Hastings and published on Wednesday .

In the survey of 261 attorneys, from big law firms, and also corporate counsel from organizations with at least $250 million in annual revenue, 60 percent said the overall diversity of their outside counsel is important. However, only a low portion — 24 percent — of the 140 in-house attorneys in the respondent set gave their own outside counsel high diversity ...