NPC Day Book: Event Details
Event Name:	Report on Big Law Firms
Event Date:	Oct. 10, 2007
Event Type:	News Conference
Time:	12:30 PM
Sponsored by:	Building a Better Legal Profession
Event Location:	Zenger Room
Details:	Over one-third of all large law firms in Manhattan don't have a single African-American partner. Nearly half of all large law firms in Washington, D.C. don't have a single Hispanic partner. One firm doesn't have a single LGBT partner or associate in either office. On October 10, find out who.* Building a Better Legal Profession, a national grassroots coalition of law students, will release its first report on the status of the legal profession. The groundbreaking study compares the largest law firms in each of the top six legal markets (New York, Washington, Boston, Chicago, Northern California, and Southern California) by various metrics. The report ranks firms by billable hours, pro bono participation, and demographic diversity (percentages of partners and associates who are female, African-American, Hispanic, Asian-American, and LGBT). On hand at the press conference will be statements of support from Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, and Prof. Deborah Rhode, former chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession. Media: Please contact Andrew Bruck at bruck@stanford.edu or Prof. Michele Landis Dauber, J.D./Ph.D. at MLDauber@law.stanford.edu for more information and sample rankings
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