{"id":101993,"date":"2025-01-28T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/how-will-biglaw-firms-handle-their-dei-efforts-without-incurring-trumps-wrath-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:00:26","slug":"how-will-biglaw-firms-handle-their-dei-efforts-without-incurring-trumps-wrath-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/how-will-biglaw-firms-handle-their-dei-efforts-without-incurring-trumps-wrath-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will Biglaw Firms Handle Their DEI Efforts Without Incurring Trump\u2019s Wrath?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think the question is less about how committed most law firms are to diversity and inclusion and more so how they frame their views and what words they use when talking about it internally and externally. Yes, we may see law firms tone down how and the extent to which they market commitment to diversity. In general, most law firm leaders do not want to unnecessarily antagonize or become a target or the administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kent Zimmermann, principal at legal strategy firm Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on how Biglaw firms will handle their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives going forward, now that the Trump administration has effectively declared war on such programming through executive action. Many firms are \u201cpresently speaking internally about what they feel makes sense for their firm in the current environment,\u201d according to Zimmermann. \u201cLaw firm leaders I am advising are committed to the value of continuing to retain and attract diverse high-performing lawyers and leaders.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post How Will Biglaw Firms Handle Their DEI Efforts Without Incurring Trump\u2019s Wrath?<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I think the question is less about how committed most law firms are to diversity and inclusion and more so how they frame their views and what words they use when talking about it internally and externally. Yes, we may see law firms tone down how and the extent to which they market commitment to diversity. In general, most law firm leaders do not want to unnecessarily antagonize or become a target or the administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kent Zimmermann, principal at legal strategy firm Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, on how Biglaw firms will handle their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives going forward, now that the Trump administration has effectively declared war on such programming through executive action. Many firms are \u201cpresently speaking internally about what they feel makes sense for their firm in the current environment,\u201d according to Zimmermann. \u201cLaw firm leaders I am advising are committed to the value of continuing to retain and attract diverse high-performing lawyers and leaders.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I think the question is less about how committed most law firms are to diversity and inclusion and more so how they frame their views and what words they use when talking about it internally and externally. Yes, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/donald-trump-GettyImages-1152627372-52CuKb.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}