Diversity

Diversity in the United States

Diversity Definition

A plea by a convict, in bar of execution (according to the definition of Diversity based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary ); of “diversity of person,” i. e., that he is not the same person who was attainted. Read more about Diversity in the legal Dictionaries here.

Diversity at Law Firms

by Rene Ciria-Cruz (2011)
Diversity at law firms become an apparent casualty of the economic downturn, according to analysis of the 2010 NALP Directory of Legal Employers. NALP, the legal career development organization, scrutinized data on about 129,000 lawyers at more than 785 U.S. law firms and found that the percentage of female and minority attorneys edged downward in 2010—the first decrease since the organization began collecting such data in the 1990s.

Minorities now constitute 12.4 percent of the attorney ranks, down from 12.59 percent in 2009. Women continue to make up nearly one-third, and 6.2 percent are minority women; both groups also saw decreases last year of less than a percentage point.

Despite the overall slip in diversity—which is most evident among associates—there were small gains at the partnership level for minority and female attorneys. But as a general matter, diversity falls off at the higher rungs of the law firm ladder. In 2010, for example, only 1.95 percent of minority women had partner status.
California, however, remains at the diversity forefront. Among the 43 metropolitan areas studied, San Francisco and Los Angeles law firms had the most diverse personnel.

Diversity in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

For starting research in the law of a foreign country:

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Diversity Diversity in the World Legal Encyclopedia.
Diversity Diversity in the European Legal Encyclopedia.
Diversity Diversity in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia.
Diversity Diversity in the UK Legal Encyclopedia.
Diversity Diversity in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia.

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Concept of Diversity in relation to Safe Place

Definition of Diversity in this context: An array of different cultural groups associated with varying behaviors, attitudes, values, beliefs, rituals, traditions, languages, or histories.

In the Third Sector

Some reports show that an organization that prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion creates an environment that respects and values individual difference along varying dimensions.Diversity, in relation to the third sector, includes all the ways in which people differ, encompassing the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another. While diversity is often used in reference to race, ethnicity, and gender, we embrace a broader definition of diversity that also includes age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, and physical appearance. Our definition also includes diversity of thought: ideas, perspectives, and values. We also recognize that individuals affiliate with multiple identities.


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