| BACK TO LIST $250.00Survey Name: Diversity Scorecard Based on the survey published every spring by the Minority Law Journal, The Diversity Scorecard contains detailed information on minority legal staffing levels at law firms in the NLJ 250 and Am Law 200. This report also includes supplemental data that is not published by the MLJ, including the number of women attorneys employed at these firms. Key data points include: - Number of U.S. citizen attorneys;
- Number of minority attorneys;
- Specific figures for four major ethnic/racial groups: African-American attorneys, Asian-American attorneys, and Hispanic-American attorneys
- Figures for other minority attorneys, including Native American and multiracial attorneys
- Women attorneys (from 2003 onward)
- Breakdown by partner and non-partner attorneys
| | Methodology/Sources: | | The Minority Law Journal surveyed 254 firms, including the 250 biggest firms as ranked by The National Law Journal, and four firms that made The American Lawyer's Am Law 200 but didn't make the NLJ 250. In the past, some firms had difficulty reporting the citizenship of all their attorneys. Because of this, and because "diversity" for these rankings is an American construction, MLJ changed their methodology this year, asking firms to count only their minority attorneys who are employed in U.S. offices. That number was then divided by the number of attorneys at the firm who are employed in the U.S. The result gives the percentage of a firm's U.S. attorneys who are members of ethnic minorities. Rankings are based on this percentage.Partner statistics include both equity and nonequity partners. Non-partner figures include associates as well as special counsel, of counsel, and other staff attorneys. The heading “other minority” includes Native Americans and those attorneys who said they were multiracial. Unless noted otherwise, all figures are as of September 30, 2007.Firms are identified by the office with the largest concentration of attorneys. If a firm has no more than 45 percent of its attorneys in one region, it is considered national. If more than 40 percent of the attorneys are located outside the United States, the firm is designated international.Data for number and percentage of female lawyers included in ALM Research’s Diversity Scorecard spreadsheet is from the same survey. This information has not been published in any print or electronic format by ALM Media. Prior to 2006, statistics for female lawyers in the ALM Research Online database are from National Law Journal; the information was collected as part of their NLJ 250 survey.Years available for purchase: 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2001-2008 |
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