A Diverse Law Firm: The Professionalism Imperative for 2017 - Why Law Firms in Ontario Will Quickly Have to Reflect the Diversity of the Province
Winning Your Case: What Works and What Doesn't, Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
14 Pages Posted: 4 May 2017
Date Written: April 27, 2017
Abstract
Racialized lawyers in Ontario have long complained about barriers to practice and widespread discrimination in the bar. The ever increasing diversity in the Province makes the near-total exclusion of racialized lawyers from decision-making positions in the legal community and law firms unconscionable. The Law Society of Upper Canada has enacted reforms to the Rules of Professional Conduct, which will have broad implications for law firms in Ontario. Astute firms will get ahead of these trends by properly investing in the recruitment and retention of diverse lawyers into their practices.
Keywords: judicial appointments, diversity in law, racialized lawyers, equity and diversity, law firm operations, law firm management
JEL Classification: K10, K41, L22, M1, M51
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