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DIVERSITY LEGAL RESOURCES

The report of the original Task Force on Diversity in the Profession

Read the executive summary of the ABA's recent study on women of color in law firms:

There is also a good article from the August 2006 ABA Journal about that study:
http://www.abanet.org/women/woc/EarlyExits.pdf

Here's a link to a diversity toolkit developed by the Association of Legal Administrators:
http://www.alanet.org/diversity/DiversityToolkit.pdf

This is an interesting article about tying diversity goals to partners' compensation in firms:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1167904925846

An ABA report on the status of women in the legal profession
http://www.abanet.org/women/ChartingOurProgress.pdf

Minnesota Minority Bar Associations

Minnesota American Indian Bar Association

Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers

Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Minnesota chapter)

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (National organization)

Minnesota Legal Diversity

http://www.mnlegaldiversity.org/flash.html

Minnesota Women Lawyers

http://www.mwlawyers.org/

Diversity in the Profession: Is it Still an Issue? By Susan M. Holden 

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