About one fifth
of large New York law firms do not have gay, lesbian,
bisexual, or transgender partners or associates, according
to new data by Building a Better Legal
Profession, a grassroots organization composed of law
students. The findings, released Wednesday in
Washington, D.C., are part of a larger report rating
law firms in six markets -- New York, Washington,
Boston, Chicago, Northern California, and Southern
California -- on the diversity of their partners and
associates.
About one fifth
of large New York law firms do not have gay, lesbian,
bisexual, or transgender partners or associates, according
to new data by Building a Better Legal
Profession, a grassroots organization composed of law
students. The findings, released Wednesday in
Washington, D.C., are part of a larger report rating
law firms in six markets -- New York, Washington,
Boston, Chicago, Northern California, and Southern
California -- on the diversity of their partners and
associates.
In New York,
14 of the 69 New York firms included had no openly
LGBT partners, while 16 had no LGBT associates. Women,
another category rated, made up less than 25% of
partners at every Manhattan firm surveyed, according
to the report.
Sullivan &
Cromwell, which faced allegations of sexual harassment
from a gay associate earlier this year, topped the list in
the partner category, with 10 partners (8.8%)
identifying as LGBT.
In D.C., 17 out
of the 42 firms included in the survey had no openly LGBT
partners, while nine of them had no out associates. (The
Advocate)
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