(Source: IBA - International Bar Association) Thursday 21 July 2016 DIANA BENTLEY Achieving diversity is one of the most challenging management issues law firms now confront. For over a decade, firms have been seeking to raise levels of women, ethnic and other minority groups within their ranks and especially within their higher echelons. Yet, despite their considerable efforts, progress is proving to be frustratingly slow. 'We've had years of initiatives to improve diversity in firms and to some extent they've been successful, but they've not had the full impact they should have had and this is a major concern,' says Tony Hyams-Parish, a partner at English firm Rawlison Butler and Co-Chair...
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