Achieving true diversity in the workplace can be a tricky matter. Our jurisprudence on affirmative action is hanging in the balance of obscurity, yet we still have a way to go in attaining proportional representation of minorities in employment. What’s an in-house counsel to do about a company’s diversity policy?

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech during the March to Washington, here are five ways to legally promote diversity at your workplace and keep MLK’s dream alive:

To celebrate MLK’s dream, refine your diversity policy and take a moment to recognize the need to remove barriers to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of talented employees from historically excluded populations who are currently underrepresented.

Related Resources:

  • For Many Who Marched in 1963, Progress Has Seemed Fitful (The New York Times)
  • The 5 Most Diverse BigLaw Firms in the U.S. (FindLaw’s Greedy Associates)
  • Before You Fire in These Times of Adversity, Give a Little Thought to Diversity (FindLaw’s In House)
  • FindLaw’s Career Diversity Center (FindLaw)

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