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Diversity Task Force—Report from the Chair
By Alice M. Noble-Allgire
As I write this column, Lynn Grayson and I are putting the finishing touches on a comprehensive report to the Board of Governors detailing the activities of the Task Force on Diversity during the past two years and offering a plan of action to chart the course for the ISBA’s diversity efforts into the future.
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California Proposition 8 update
By Sepi Ghafouri
Last summer, the Supreme Court of California became the second state high court in the United States to end years of marriage inequality.
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The 2008 ISBA Diversity Survey
By Albert J. Klumpp
Last spring more than 2,500 ISBA members participated in a survey conducted by the ISBA’s Task Force on Diversity.
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The Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms: From dream to reality
By Pamela M. Belyn
In the summer of 2008, a group of more than 30 women’s initiatives in Chicago law firms came together to form the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms—the first organization of its kind in the United States. The Coalition’s mission is to benefit member firms by providing positive avenues of communication, collaboration and guidance that help member groups to enhance the recruitment, retention and promotion of women lawyers and support the building, implementation and continued relevancy of women’s initiatives in law firms.
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Reflections on World AIDS Day
By Yolaine Dauphin
According to The Skeptic’s Guide to the Global AIDS Crisis, a book authored by Dale Hanson Bourke, approximately 8,500 people die of AIDS every day.
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