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Several years ago, the Center For Legal Inclusiveness hosted a
meeting between in-house counsel from various companies and diverse
law firm partners, Todd wrote. During that meeting, we discussed
challenges in retaining diverse attorneys, focusing largely on why
they leave law firms.
Of the reasons diverse attorneys gave for leaving, those that
struck me the most were the lack of meaningful work (or enough work
to meet firm billable hour requirements), little to no introduction
to important firm clients and the lack of business development
opportunities.
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