Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity

This committee works to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the profession, engaging in activities that promote the profession in the pipeline, promoting recruitment of diverse professionals, and developing diverse individuals within the profession.

Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity Leadership

Chair
Cristi Scott
Clerk & Master Chancery Court
1 Public Square Ste 308
Nashville, TN 37201
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cristiscott@jis.nashville.org
(615)862-5710
Vice-Chair
Mary Beard
FedEx Corporation
942 South Shady Grove Road, Ste. 248
Memphis, TN 38120
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mhbeard@fedex.com
(901)818-7306
Vice-Chair
Joycelyn Stevenson
Littler Mendelson PC
333 Commerce St # 1450
Nashville, TN 37201
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jstevenson@littler.com
(615)514-4121

Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity News

Study Details Obstacles Confronting Minority Law Students

By Brittany Sims on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 4:07pm

Diversity may be a priority for some law schools, but minority law students still face a harder road to a juris doctor than their white counterparts, according to an article in the latest edition of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy. 
"Measuring Racial Uneveness of Law School" concludes that minority law students face additional hurdles as a result of the structure of law school, the relatively small number of minority students and faculty on law campuses, and racial bias. 
The National Law Journal has the story.

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Top Law Firms Ranked According to Diversity

By Brittany Sims on Wed, 06/05/2013 - 4:21pm

The American Lawyer surveyed the country’s largest and highest-grossing law firms and ranked them according to their percentage of minority attorneys and partners. Of the 228 firms ranked, Memphis-based Baker Donelson and Nashville’s Bass Berry and Sims came in at numbers 167 and 190, respectively.

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