AALA is committed to increasing awareness of, knowledge of and sensitivity to diversity, equity & inclusion within the legal management community and in the communities we serve. To assist in this effort, we have developed this resource page with content compiled from AALA members and the legal community at large. If you have additional resources that should be added to this page, please forward to the AALA Staff.

Thank you to our 2020-2021 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee: Andrea O'Brien, Elena Lopez, Yolanda Irby, Michelle Reed, and Jose Romera.

This page is archived material only. Please visit the Diversity, EQUITY & INCLUSION Resources page for current resources.

Table of Contents:

• Consultants / Training
• Disabilities
• Gender Equality
• Generational (Age Equality)
• LGBTQ
• Race / Cultural
• Flexibility in the Workplace
• Veterans & Military

Disabilities

Flexibility in the Workplace

Gender Equality

Generational (Age Equality)

LGBTQ

Race / Ethnicity / culture

Social Unrest in America - ALA Roundtable Discussion (login & click ALA Roundtables link on this page) 

Veterans and Military

Articles

What Biglaw Is Saying About The Unrest Sweeping The Nation by Kathryn Rubino (Above the Law)

On Being A Black American Biglaw Associate by Lauren E. Skerrett (Above the Law)

U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism by Laura Morgan Roberts (Harvard Business Review)

How Monique Melton Is Helping You Be An Anti-Racist by Janice Gassam (Forbes)

White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It's not. by Robin diAngelo (The Guardian)

Killer Mike urges Atlanta protesters 'not to burn your own house down' in emotional plea by Jay Croft (CNN)

Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional by John Cho (Los Angeles Times)

Why Coronavirus Is Killing African-Americans More Than Others by Jamelle Bouie (The New York Times)

'It Could Have Been Me': Black Attorneys Reflect on George Floyd's Death and What Comes Next by Dylan Jackson (Law.com)

3 Things You Should Not Say To Your Black Colleagues Right Now by Adunola Adeshola (Forbes)

Mentoring During the Pandemic by Ida Abbott (Ida Abbott Consulting)

Check in on Your Black Employees, Now by Tonya Russell (The New York Times)

Leading During Traumatic and Triggering Events by Diversity Equity Inclusiveness Consulting

Transforming Imposter Syndrome – It is a Two-Way Street by Rosalie Chamberlain (Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching)

Amy Cooper in Central Park exposed the danger of birding while Black. But I've always known it. by Sandra Guzman (NBC News)

Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot by Shenequa Golding (Medium)

Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cadet (Refinery29)

How to not raise a racist white kid By Jennifer Harvey (CNN)

Dear White People: Do Something (More than a Movement)

Chase Bank Calls Cops on Black Mayor in His Own City by Jessica Bennett (Ebony)

Implicit bias may help explain high preschool expulsion rates for black children by Bill Hathaway (Yale School of Medicine)

For Black Professionals, Unrest Lays Bare a Balancing Act at Work by Te-Ping Chen (The Wall Street Journal)