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Next Meeting:
Friday, April 5, 2013 at Noon at the MSBA Offices |
Prior MSBA Diversity Initiatives
Task Force on Diversity in the Legal Profession | Diversity Implementation Task Force | Rights of Unmarried Couples Task Force | Diversity Planning Task Force
Task Force on Diversity in the Legal Profession (2005-2006)
Purpose: To examine the HCBA Glass Ceiling Task Force and Self-Audit for Gender
Equity (SAGE) reports and provide updates on both qualitative and quantitative
data on diversity in the profession. Reports and Recommendations
- 2005 Self-Audit for Gender and Minority Equity (Task Force Final Report)
- 1993 Hennepin County Bar Association Glass Ceiling Task Force Report
- Legal Employers' Barriers to Advancement and to Economic Equality Based Upon Sexual Orientation: A Report of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Lesbian and Gay Issues Subcommittee (August 1995)
- Report and Model Guidelines for the Integration of Attorneys and Law Students with Disabilities into the Legal Profession: A Report of the Hennepin County Bar Association's Disability Subcommittee of the Diversity Committee
- Women in the Legal Profession Task Force Report, which was adopted by the MSBA Board of Governors on June 19, 1997
- The Self-Audit for Gender Equity (SAGE) Survey
- SAGE Survey of Minnesota Public Legal Employers
- SAGE Attitudinal Survey
- June 1999 Executive Summary of the SAGE Survey of Private Law Firms for data collected from 1995-1997
- 2002 Executive Summary of the SAGE Survey of Private Law Firms for data collected from 1995 thru 2000
- 2002 Executive Summary of the SAGE Survey of Public Employers for data collected from 1997 thru 1999
- 2003 SAGE Best Practices
Diversity Implementation Task Force
Purpose: To develop specific recommendations for action based on the
report of the Task Force on Diversity in the Profession. The Implementation
Task Force’s recommendations should provide law firms, law schools,
corporations, legal aid organizations, public law offices, and courts
with practical strategies and tactics they can use to increase the effectiveness
of their diversity efforts.Reports & Articles
- Diversity and Gender Equity in the Legal Profession: Best Practices Guide
- The 2006 Report of the Task Force on Diversity in the Profession
- Link to SAGE Best Practices:
http://www2.mnbar.org/committees/women-in-profession/sage-best-practices.pdf - Link to SAGE Survey of Private Law Firms 1995-2000:
http://www2.mnbar.org/committees/women-in-profession/sage-survey-private.pdf - Link to SAGE Survey of Public Employers 1997-1999:
http://www2.mnbar.org/committees/women-in-profession/sage-survey-public.pdf - Here is the link to read the executive summary of the ABA's recent
study on women of color in law firms:
http://www.abanet.org/women/VisibleInvisibility-ExecSummary.pdf - There is also a good article from the August 2006 ABA Journal about
that study:
http://www.abanet.org/women/woc/wocinitiative.html - This is an interesting article about tying diversity goals to partners'
compensation in firms:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1167904925846 - An ABA report on the status of women in the legal profession:
http://www.abanet.org/women/ChartingOurProgress.pdf - From the Star Tribune business section: a column on recruiting and retaining
minority executives:
http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1510881.html - Link to a research report on which diversity programs work:
Best Practices or Best Guesses? Assessing the Efficay of Corporate Affirmative Action and Diversity Policies - Link to a recent summary piece the article's authors prepared for
a sociology magazine:
Diversity Management in Corporate America - Link to an article about their research from Time magazine:
The Diversity Delusion. Training execs to overcome their biases doesn't help minorities and women join their ranks
Why Are Minority Female Associates Leaving Law Firms?
Commentary: How Good Intentions for DiversityFall Short
Click here to read the Diversity Best Practices Guide developed by the Task Force
Rights of Unmarried Task Force
Purpose: To review the differences in the legal rights and protections available to unmarried couples as compared to married couples under Minnesota law, and make recommendations as to desirable changes to the law, if any, to address the disparities.
Diversity Planning Task Force
Purpose: The Diversity Planning Task Force will assess the MSBA's numerous diversity-related projects, as well as the internal infrastructure that delivers them, and advise the Assembly whether changes to the projects or structure should be made in order to ensure that the MSBA remains an effective leader for diversity within the Minnesota legal community.