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Is there a difference between diversity for employers and URM for Law school? As in are there groups who would be considered diverse for firms but not URM for law school?

Women are still diverse hires at a lot of firms.

Aberzombie1892 wrote:Women are still diverse hires at a lot of firms.

+1

Diversity for law firms essentially includes anything that isn't a white, heterosexual male, but it seems some diversity groups get a slight bump still over others in the hiring process

Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

jwahba wrote:Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

If a TSA agent saw you at the airport, would they racially profile you for a "random" screening? If so, you are diverse.

jwahba wrote:Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

Almost certainly not.

BruceWayne wrote:

jwahba wrote:Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

Almost certainly not.

Almost certainly not white, or almost certainly not diverse?

Renzo wrote:

jwahba wrote:Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

If a TSA agent saw you at the airport, would they racially profile you for a "random" screening? If so, you are diverse.

That's fine and good, but how would that work for a 1L. There is no checkbox for "melanin enriched" when doing mass mailings.

jwahba wrote:

Renzo wrote:

jwahba wrote:Define "White" (I am Egyptian).

If a TSA agent saw you at the airport, would they racially profile you for a "random" screening? If so, you are diverse.

That's fine and good, but how would that work for a 1L. There is no checkbox for "melanin enriched" when doing mass mailings.

There isn't, but you have other cues: ethnic sounding name; student organization groups (e.g., Middle East Law Student Association, Muslim Student Association, etc); language skills if you're proficient in Arabic

There's normally an Other box, right? I check that or multi-racial.

f0bolous wrote: There isn't, but you have other cues: ethnic sounding name; student organization groups (e.g., Middle East Law Student Association, Muslim Student Association, etc); language skills if you're proficient in Arabic

Yep. Why else do you think all those student groups exist?

Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

jwahba wrote:Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

start one then

f0bolous wrote:

jwahba wrote:Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

start one then

Can I do so as a 1L this late into the year?

jwahba wrote:

f0bolous wrote:

jwahba wrote:Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

start one then

Can I do so as a 1L this late into the year?

you've only had class for a week

jwahba wrote:

f0bolous wrote:

jwahba wrote:Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

start one then

Can I do so as a 1L this late into the year?

You could but it probably wouldn't help that much... Law firms only really care about diversity that can be checked off in little boxes (think normal minorities + LGBT)

Anonymous User wrote:

jwahba wrote:

f0bolous wrote:

jwahba wrote:Unfortunately no such groups exist at UT...

start one then

Can I do so as a 1L this late into the year?

You could but it probably wouldn't help that much... Law firms only really care about diversity that can be checked off in little boxes (think normal minorities + LGBT)

even then, unless you're URM, the "boost" is really just eligibility to participate in diversity job fairs and apply for diversity scholarships/SAs. you can definitely still do all that as you are without a group.