LibGuides: Career Success Resources Guide: Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

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This page collects library resources (books) and some articles that focus on how inclusion and diversity in the legal profession. These resources complement the resources that are available through The Office of Career Resources.

Articles on Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

ABA Profile of the Legal Profession: Diversity and Well-Being
From 2civility.org, August 13, 2020
Diversity And Inclusion In The American Legal Profession: First Phase Findings From A National Study Of Lawyers With Disabilities And Lawyers Who Identify As LGBTQ+
From University of the District of Columbia Law Review, v.23 iss. 1 (2020)
Diversity and Its Impact on the Legal Profession
From Law Practice Today, September 14, 2016
Diversity in the Legal Profession: Perspectives from Managing Partners and General Counsel
From Fordham Law Review, v. 83 Iss. 5 (2015)

Locating Additional Library Resources

Not every Library resource is listed in this guide. The LUC Library Catalog is where you'll find a record of every book, e-book, set of books, and journal (by title) in LUC libraries. The Library Catalog also provides access to many but not all titles that LUC provides access to via subscription databases.

Searching by the following subject headings is another way to locate relevant resources on diversity and inclusion in the legal profession:

Library Resources on Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession

Best Friends at the Bar by Susan S. Blakely
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 B589 2015
ISBN: 9781454866084
Publication Date: 2015-07-13
Why women lawyers leave -- Why law firms should care -- Why past retention efforts have failed -- Why mentors are important to the success of women lawyers -- How law firms have changed : getting to know the players -- What matters to women in the workplace : a model for leadership -- How to effectively lead women lawyers -- What law firm leaders should be telling women lawyers : the brass tacks -- The dos and don'ts for women lawyers : the lists you have been waiting for! -- Epilogue : hope for the future.
Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice
Call Number: PLI Plus Online
Publication Date: Updated Annually
This PLI Plus Handbook is updated annually. A valid LUC Law ID and password are required for access.
Diversity in Practice: Race, Gender, and Class in Legal and Professional Careers by Spencer Headworth (Editor); Robert L. Nelson (Editor); Ronit Dinovitzer (Editor); David B. Wilkins (Editor)
Call Number: K120 .D58 2016 Law Main Stacks
ISBN: 1107123658
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
The End of the Pipeline: A Journey of Recognition for African Americans Entering the Legal Profession by Dorothy H. Evensen (Editor); Carla D. Pratt (Editor)
Call Number: KF 299 .A35 E94 2012
ISBN: 1594609810
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
The end of the pipeline in the new millenium -- Race still matters -- Responses to the study -- Near the end of the pipeline to law -- Of theory, theories, and theorizing.
Grit, the Secret to Advancement: Stories of Successful Women Lawyers by Milana L. Hogan
Call Number: KF299.W6 H64 2017
ISBN: 1634259033
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Important definitions, methodology, and key findings -- Solo practitioners -- Law firm lawyers -- In-house lawyers -- Government and nonprofit lawyers.
Her Story: the Resilient Woman Lawyer's Guide to Conquering Obstacles, Book 2 by Alicia M. Menendez; Shayna M. Steinfeld; American Bar Association, Section of Litigation Staff (Contribution by); Teresa M. Beck (Editor)
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 H475 2024
ISBN: 9781639054008
Publication Date: 2023-11-01
This book is a collection of voices that persist in a profession that still lags behind in hearing them. We share these stories because the profession is enriched by the stories and the lawyers who tell them. This book is a form of virtual mentoring to build up the next generation of woman advocates so that they, too, may add their stories. In this book, we provide information about the status of women in the legal profession, and stories about identifying and overcoming bias and the hidden hazards in the practice of law, for men and women, while addressing the business of law. The stories in this book then go on to explain the value of being true to ourselves, establishing unique career paths, and finding guideposts and beacons to help enlighten us along the way to success
It's Harder in Heels by Jacquelyn H. Slotkin (Editor, Contribution by); Samantha Slotkin-Goodman (Editor, Contribution by)
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 I87 2007
ISBN: 1600420265
Publication Date: 2007-07-01
Legally Mom by Anne Murphy Brown
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 B76 2012 Law Main Stacks
ISBN: 9781614385127
Publication Date: 2013-12-07
Climbing the ladder in high heels toting a diaper bag -- Large firm best practices -- The big apple legal mom -- Support from the home front and the small-firm workplace -- Realistic expectations and the small-firm mom -- A legal career on the rise -- From law firm mom to in-house mom -- Legal mom in the Silicon Valley -- Discovering the government: steering a course out of law firm life -- The guilt-free legal mom: not an oxymoron -- Mama law; the power of friendship -- Knowing what you want is half the battle -- Back to the paper chase -- Transitioning to legal academia -- A legal mom striving for seamlessness -- The "wicked-awesome" legal stepmother -- The "sky's the limit" single mom -- The late vocation lawyer -- The part-time legal mom and the family firm -- The way we were -- Pro bono legal moms -- The work-from-home legal mom -- A mom's view from the bench.
Moving Diversity Forward by Verna A. Myers
Call Number: KF 299 .M56 M94 2011
ISBN: 1614380066
Publication Date: 2012-04-16
Pioneering Women Lawyers by Patricia E. Salkin
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 P56 2008 Law Main Stacks
ISBN: 9781590319840
Publication Date: 2009-03-16
Women at Law by Phyllis Horn Epstein
Call Number: KF 299.W6 E77 2004 Law Main Stacks
ISBN: 1590313542
Publication Date: 2004-11-22
Women Attorneys and the Changing Workplace by Phyllis Kitzerow
Call Number: KF 299 .W6 K58 2014
ISBN: 9781626370456
Publication Date: 2014-02-01
Women who chose law -- Pathways into the law -- Finding the first position -- Building a career over the long run -- Was law a good choice? -- Balancing work and family -- The impact of gender -- High hopes, mixed outcomes.
Stories from Trailblazing Women Lawyers by Jill Norgren
Call Number: Available online via Loyola Library Catalog
ISBN: 1479865966
Publication Date: 2018-05-22

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Career Success Resources Guide: Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession