Welcome to the Diversity Website
The Diversity Web site is dedicated to providing a Web presence for the Disability, Hispanic and Latino Lawyers, Minorities in the Profession, Race Relations and Women in the Profession committees of the North Carolina Bar Association.
Diversity is a high-priority topic found throughout the N.C. Bar Association's five-year strategic plan, Momentum 2010. As a result of the plan, a task force was created by members of the diversity committees, including Women in the Profession Committee, Latino Affairs Committee and Minorities in the Profession, as well as members of the Membership Committee. The task force spent its first year creating a diversity report outlining the manner in which it would like to attain its goals of greater diversity in the profession and greater diversity in the Association.
Latino Affairs Committee – works to: establish a network of Hispanic/Latino lawyers in North Carolina, identify Spanish-speaking attorneys around the state to assist non-English speaking clients and exchange information on the particular needs of Hispanic/Latino clients.
Minorities in the Profession Committee – seeks to encourage participation of minorities in the legal profession and to offer opportunities to support minorities pursuing a law degree. It is also charged with developing a specific plan for the implementation of the Final Report and Recommendations of the Commission on Race Relations in the Legal Profession adopted by the Bar Association’s Board of Governors in April 1996.
Women in the Profession Committee – is charged with studying issues and making recommendations to the bar and the North Carolina Bar Association relating to women in the legal profession in North Carolina.
Last Update: Wednesday, May 26, 2010