Saber rattling about law firm diversity hiring
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Anonymous
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Just saw this press release from Sen. Tom Cotton. I remember in law school being surprised firms were allowed to have “diversity 1L” jobs that were only given to URM applicants in practice. Seems like maybe they never were allowed to.
https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-warns-top-law-firms-about-race-based-hiring-practices |
Anonymous
| Just say what you’re really thinking instead of tip toeing around it and trying to goad someone else into saying it. You’re a wuss in real life AND in anonymous forums. How embarrassing. |
Anonymous
Okay. I think it was a Title VII violation to have diversity 1L positions. At the time I thought law firms knew something I didn’t but didn’t think on it any more these past 12 years. Now I think there was no loophole and it was a violation. Not sure what about that wasn’t in my OP. |
Anonymous
Holy overreach Batman. Do the good people of Arkansas not have any problems that could use solving that Cotton has to waste his time with this? Pathetic. |
Anonymous
It's not an overreach. It's been a blatant violation of the law for decades and these firms know it. I recall discussing it circa 2005 and my firm was basically like "it might be illegal but who is going to come after it?" |
Anonymous
There are some orgs right now gathering up plaintiffs in the wake of SFFA (not that it’s related, but there is momentum). |
Anonymous
Can you explain how taking note of systemic violations of a law passed by Congress by a member of the Senate is an overreach? Not sure I follow. |
Anonymous
We have a process with the EEOC and the courts to address such violations. Is there some evidence that those processes are not working for the supposed wronged parties? Also, I'm not sure how much public, or jury, sympathy there's going to be for a Plaintiff that ended up at the second best law firm in the country. Truly a mystery why these plaintiffs haven't sued. Last, Arkansas is in the bottom 10 of states in the areas of education, health, prescribed opioids, and crime. I don't think Cotton's constituents are being well-served here. But the permanently aggrieved white base will eat it right up. Yum yum. |
Anonymous
Where are the cases that prove these "systemic violations" that Cotton is taking notice of? |
Anonymous
They’re coming. |
Anonymous
All of us who have worked at large law firms know this is very real. A class of jobs you can only meaningfully be considered for if you’re URM? Yeah. Systemic violations of Title VII. |
Anonymous
But the justification for Cotton taking note was that systemic violations have happened. |
Anonymous
Right, they have. And to date people have slept on their rights. |
Anonymous
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It's hilarious how defensive the poster is defending these.
It's like you never thought this was going to come home to roost! oh wait, you've blatantly been saying so for decades.... |
Anonymous
A lot of these programs are broad and include first-gen and veterans. Sorry, OP, I think a lot of the corporate diversity stuff is going to survive. |