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Diversity in the Valley
Some time ago, we had a thread discussing diversity at SV offices and firms. The general tenor was that those firms were not diverse, and there were suggestions of racism and intentional discrimination or failure to diversify.
(Of course, we can't actually look at the posts because the thread is gone, which wouldn't be a problem if we just kept a single general thread, ahem. But I digress.)
According to the diversity study discussed in today's Recorder, Wilson was top in diversity in California, and second in the nation. MoFo was third in Cal, 5th in the US. Brobeck (RIP), 3 in Cal, 12 in US. Pillsbury, 7 and 18. Cooley, 9 and 26. All of these firms had huge presence in the Valley, and could not have achieved such levels of diversity without their SV offices also being diverse.
In contrast, LA firms did much worse: O'Melveny, 11 in Cal, 27 in US. Paul Hastings, 13 and 36. Latham, 14 and 465. Sheppard mullin, 16 and 60. Gibson, 19 and 98.
So, here's the big question: Are things much better than we all seemed to think? Or is the relatively strong diversity picture solely due to hiring of Asian-Americans, whereas the earlier discussion focused more on African-Americans?
Thoughts?
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