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Perspective

Aug. 28, 2013

'I still have a dream'

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. descends from above to address the progress of minorities in law. By Yakub Hazzard


By Yakub Hazzard


Today, we are publishing an updated version of an article Yakub Hazzard wrote 10 years ago on the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington. When the article was first published, 3.71 percent of partners were minority and 16.3 percent were women. Today, on the 50th anniversary of that historic march for equality, too little progress has been made on the state of minorities and women in law firms: 6.71 percent of partners are minority and 19.9 p...

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