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The firm’s choices to dismantle its DEI recruiting initiatives and to engage in an agreement offering pro bono services to the Trump administration are steeped in hypocrisy, cowardice, and greed. It makes me feel ashamed to work here.
— A midlevel associate at Latham & Watkins, in comments given in response to the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey, about how their disappointment over the firm’s decision to make a deal with the Trump administration and to go along with other conservative ideals. More notable and quotable responses can be found here.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
The firm’s choices to dismantle its DEI recruiting initiatives and to engage in an agreement offering pro bono services to the Trump administration are steeped in hypocrisy, cowardice, and greed. It makes me feel ashamed to work here.
— A midlevel associate at Latham & Watkins, in comments given in response to the American Lawyer Midlevel Associates Survey, about how their disappointment over the firm’s decision to make a deal with the Trump administration and to go along with other conservative ideals. More notable and quotable responses can be found here.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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