Diversity Statement

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District of Columbia 酒吧 社区 are committed to advancing the 酒吧’s core organizational values of diversity and inclusion within the organization and the legal profession as a whole. 社区 actively work to foster and promote an inclusive environment that values the unique contributions of our diverse volunteer membership base. Promoting diversity is critical to our shared successes because members provide varied perspectives, 经历, 背景, and strengths to ensure 社区 uphold the foundational pillars upon which the District of Columbia 酒吧 was created: Enhance access to justice. Improve the legal system. Empower lawyers to achieve.

Diversity and Inclusion in Action

As the largest unified bar in the country, the D.C. 酒吧 has over 100,000 members from across the country and internationally. The 社区 boast over 18,000 members spanning the same wideranging geographical expanse. With such a varied membership base, 社区 are committed to promoting diversity within its elected leadership in order to recognize and reflect the numerous demographics they serve.

根据D.C. 酒吧 社区 Policies and Procedures § I. E.3, pg. 4:

The 社区 Office shall assist the nominations process by soliciting input from the 社区’ steering committee leadership, 社区’ membership, the 酒吧 at large, and voluntary bar associations. The Screening Committee shall encour年龄 the participation of all segments of the 酒吧, in accordance with the D.C. 酒吧’s core organizational values of diversity and inclusion.

If the Screening Committee determines that the pool of potential nominees is not balanced, reflecting the D.C. 酒吧’s core organizational values of diversity and inclusion, the Screening Committee shall request the community steering committee or the 社区 Committee recruit additional persons. The Screening Committee may also attempt to recruit such additional persons as it deems appropriate.

D.C. 酒吧 社区 define diversity as an inclusive concept encompassing, but not limited to, classifications of race, 种族, national origin, 宗教, 性别, 年龄, sexual orientation, 性别 identity, ability status, socioeconomic status, educational attainment, and parental or marital status.

Within the legal profession in particular, secondary characteristics embedded in the broad definition of diversity include specific practice area; type of legal organization or firm; organization or firm size and scope; government, 非营利组织, or nonlegal status; and other identifiable characteristics as determined by the 酒吧.

Achieving actualized, meaningful diversity is an evolutionary process that requires a continued commitment to strategic inclusion by advancing opportunities for members of systemically oppressed groups. To ameliorate structural disparities, 社区 disavow discrimination based on any of the aforementioned conditions and strive to remain thoughtful of diversity representation among Steering Committee leadership on a continuous, 旋转, annual basis. D.C. 酒吧 社区 reaffirm our commitment to the principles and core values of the District of Columbia 酒吧.

资源:

D.C. 酒吧 社区 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiative

Please find the Lawyers’ Toolkit for Diversity and Inclusion 在这里. The toolkit was developed by the Initiative’s Working Group as a resource for the legal profession in order to help address issues and promote advances for diversity and inclusion.

酒吧 Associations:

American 酒吧 Association
Florida 酒吧 Association
Kentucky 酒吧 Association
New Jersey State 酒吧 Association
New York City 酒吧 Association
Washington State 酒吧 Association

文章:

What is the business case for diversity?

其他:

Association of Legal Administrators Diversity Toolkit