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Diversity in the Legal Profession

Diversity in the legal profession, from several angles. Includes organizations, practice advice for individual and employers, and studies of the profession.

Cultural Competency

The Next IQ: The Next Level of Intelligence for 21st Century Leaders by Arin N. Reeves
Call Number: Gallagher Law Library Classified Stacks: HD57.7 .R4364 2012
Publication Date: 2012
What If I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna A. Myers
Publication Date: 2014
Available online through Proquest

Lawyers of Color

Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians: The Essential Guide to Getting in, Moving up, and Reaching the Top by Jane Hyun
Publication Date: 2005
Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success from Multicultural Women Attorneys by ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
Publication Date: 2009
Diversity in Practice: race, gender, and class in legal and professional careers by Spencer Headworth (Editor); Robert L. Nelson (Editor); Ronit Dinovitzer (Editor); David B. Wilkins (Editor)
Publication Date: 2016
From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful: Success Strategies for Law Firms and Women of Color in Law Firms by Arin N. Reeves
Publication Date: 2008
Raising the Bar: Diversifying Big Law: A Conversation with Four Partners of Color at Leading Law Firms by Debo P. Adegbile et al. & NYU Center for Race, Inequality, & the Laaw
Publication Date: 2019
Available as ebook
What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law by Monica Parker
Publication Date: 2011

Women Lawyers

Best Friends at the Bar: The New Balance for Today's Woman Lawyer by Susan Smith Blakely
Publication Date: 2012
Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success from Multicultural Women Attorneys by ABA Commission on Women in the Profession
Publication Date: 2009
Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women's Success in the Law by Lauren Stiller Rikleen
Publication Date: 2006
From Visible Invisibility to Visibly Successful: Success Strategies for Law Firms and Women of Color in Law Firms by Arin N. Reeves
Publication Date: 2008
Learning to Lead: What Really Works for Women in Law by Gindi Eckel Vincent
Publication Date: 2013
Available online through Proquest
Legally Mom: Real Women's Stories of Balancing Motherhood & Law Practice by Anne Murphy Brown
Publication Date: 2013
What It Takes: How Women of Color Can Thrive Within the Practice of Law by Monica Parker
Publication Date: 2011
What Works for Women at Work by Joan C. Williams
Publication Date: 2014
Available online through Project Muse
The Woman Advocate by Abbe F. Fletman & Evelyn R. Storch
Call Number: Gallagher Law Library Classified Stacks: KF299.W6 W652 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to Success, 2d ed. by Phyllis Horn Epstein
Publication Date: 2016

Law Students & Lawyers with Disabilities

Lawyers, Lead On: Lawyers with Disabilities Share Insights by Carrie A. Basas, Rebecca S. Williford & Stephanie L. Enyart, eds.
Publication Date: 2012
Available online through Proquest

LGBTQ Lawyers

Out and About: The LGBT Experience in the Legal Profession by American Bar Association, Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Staff (Contribution by); National LGBT Bar Association Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Gallagher Law Library Classified Stacks: KF3467.5 .O98 2015
Publication Date: 2016

Ellen (Ellie) Krug, We Hear You Knocking: An Essay on Welcoming Trans Lawyers, 41 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 181 (2015), HeinOnline (UW resource)

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