Ali Metzl commented on the push for law firm diversity, equity and inclusion

Ali Metzl commented on the push for law firm diversity, equity and inclusion for Law Week Colorado.

“There’s been the rising trend of wanting to understand the diversity of the slate, but it’s much more granular than it used to be,” said Brownstein’s Metzl, adding that there have also been more frequent requests for “unmasked” data recently, which creates challenges for firms.

“I think the deanonymized data is really hard. There’s stuff that we can’t ask of our employees before they’re comfortable,” Metzl said. “There’s no question about alignment on the goals,” she added, but asking people to publicly share certain information, such as their sexual orientation, gender identity and ethnicity, “uncovers a lot of emotions and potentially points of tension.”

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