Blog 29

Blog 29

Only four percent of all attorneys are minority. Of that number, even a smaller percentage are minority females. Minority women do not tend to stay with one law firm very long. This is a very sad thing. We would tend to think that, of all places, a law firm would be open, honest, and not prejudicial or bigoted toward their staff. This does not appear to be the case however. In fact, just the opposite seems to be what is happening. In “Why so Few Minority Women Stay at Law Firms,” many of these women say they have been neglected, excluded, and harassed.
A glaring example of how minority women are not treated properly is the case of the female Korean attorney. It seems the firm she worked for had a client who was thinking of firing that firm because they were not diverse. The firm had this attorney sit in on a meeting strictly as a figure head so the client could see they were diverse.
In another situation, a Native American attorney was asked where their tomahawk was. They were also asked if they were going to scalp anyone. Come on folks, get real!
Minority attorneys get very tired of this treatment very fast. Instead of putting up with it, they resign and go to another firm in the hope that things will be different there. Unfortunately, they often find the same situation elsewhere. Also, the firm has lost all the money it has invested in the attorney’s training and will have to spend that much more money to train the next person according to their firm’s practices.
As concerns the comparison between the readings and what the NPR news had to say, they were much the same. However, NPR tended to be more in depth and exposed more of the problems. (Word Count – 304)