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Corporate

Sep. 4, 2015

Corporate counsel retool diversity push

With more attention on diversity within law firms, experts say that corporate counsel are reworking their methods to hire more with diversity in mind, not just at the big firms, but at small outfits, too.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


This summer, Microsoft Corp.'s general counsel Bradford L. Smith made a proposition
to his outside counsel: Raise diversity at your firms and get a bonus of up to 2 percent.
The announcement put a spotlight on how corporations are trying to increase diversity
in the legal profession as it expands to include more groups amid business risi...

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