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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.

To read the Final Report of the Diversity Task Force, approved by the Board of Governors on October 27, 2007, please click here.

The first initiative of the Diversity Task Force is the development of Pathways to Inclusion Leadership Academy, designed to provide leadership training to selected attorneys from diverse backgrounds (including gender, race, ethnicity, size of firm, geographic location, practice setting, etc.) who aspire to develop the skills needed to serve state and local organizations and/or underserved communities. Five scholars will be selected for the class, and the submission deadline for applications is April 15, 2009. To see the full application, please click here.

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.

Catharine Arrowood, past chair of the NCBA Women in the Profession Committee, meets Justice O'Connor at Wake Forest University (Please read how Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Inspires N.C. Law Students.)

Articles "Articles" section contains documents that are relevant to the Diversity website.

Join a Committee "Join a Committee" contains application information for joining one of the Diversity committees.

Committees Committees contains links to the five represented committees, Disability Law, Hispanic and Latino Lawyers, Minorities in the Profession, Race Relations and Women in the Profession.

CLE Diversity CLE contains links to Diversity-related CLE programs and publications.

Council Meeting Dates

Diversity Resources "Diversity Resources" contains Diversity committee-specific legal resources including access to Casemaker / PJI, online links / references, publications (e.g., forms, brochures, booklets, etc.), articles, legislative issues, and other information when available.

Diversity Site Map See a site map of the Diversity Web site.

Diversity Forums "Diversity Forums" contains 3 types of web-based discussion forums for (1) committee members only, (2) NCBA members only, OR (3) Open Forums where anyone can view them, however only committee members can add threads or comments. It also provides access to the NCBA Forums, a centralized communication tool for each of the NCBA's 28 sections and 4 divisions, and other areas of interest to legal professionals like diversity.

Minutes Minutes contains links to the five represented committees' minutes (Disability Law, Hispanic and Latino Lawyers, Minorities in the Profession, Race Relations and Women in the Profession).