We live in a world today where it’s even more important to focus on diversity in the workplace. Merle Vaughn, of Major, Lindsey & Africa tells us the importance of building a legal team that is not only diverse in race ethnicity, and gender but also in thought, experiences and perspective.
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Episode Highlights
- Working as a partner recruiter - 1:40
- Focusing on diversity - 2:05
- Merle shares her background - 3:11
- The focus on recruiting - 4:10
- When she started to focus on diversity - 5:22
- Lawyers that undersell themselves - 7:30
- Merle recommends minorities be more confident in their legal skills - 8:11
- Talking about diverse candidates - 9:18
- Increasing diversity within partnerships - 11:11
- We need to re-evaluate the recruitment system - 11:41
- Being subjective while hiring somebody to work in a law firm - 12:30
- Sometimes a big firm is not a fit for you - 17:26
- What to do if you do not feel well at a big law firm - 18:00
- Creating the career that you want for yourself - 19:00
- Trying to change diversity patterns at top levels - 20:30
- Merle tells us she wants to see diverse candidates to hire - 23:33
- Investing in diverse talent - 24:03
- Diversity advice for law school students - 24:35
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