TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Sep 10, 2024

Minority attorneys stay in their first jobs out of law school about half as long as their white peers, though the gap may be narrowing, according to a new Bloomberg Law survey. The race-based imbalance among all attorneys surveyed was almost four years — 3.98 years for minority lawyers versus 7.8 years for white attorneys. But the gulf was only about a month or two on average among lawyers who have practiced for 15 years or less — a sign that investments by law firms and legal departments may be helping close the gap.