Recently by Carl G. Cooper
Increasing Pipeline Opportunities In The Legal Profession For Minorities
On November 3-5, 2005, the American Bar Association launched an historic conference entitled "Embracing the Opportunities for Increasing Diversity in the Legal Profession - Collaborating to Expand the Pipeline (Let's Get Real)." Hosted by the ABA Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the...
Read MoreGetting It Right: An Outstanding Diversity Initiative Shows The Way
Editor: Mr. Cooper will you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Cooper: Following about a dozen years of teaching at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and the City University of New York, and several years in private practice, I became the Director of Real Estate...
Read MoreDiversity Maintaining A Diverse Workforce
When I wrote for this special section on diversity this time last year, I had recently been appointed to the post of Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L). K&L was recognized as the first major law firm to make an appointment of this kind at the management...
Read MoreDiversity As A Senior Executive's Mission: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP ("K&L") may be the only law firm in the country whose managing board never meets without an officer present whose exclusive mission is the promotion of diversity goals. In the July/August 2003 issue of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's publication...
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