Wake Up Call: Law Firms Get Perfect Scores for LGBT Policies

• Most law firms got “perfect” scores on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual assessment of large law firm and company policies regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees, while a handful lagged or didn’t participate in the evaluation. (The American Lawyer)

• Another recent report found that at UK law firms disability remains the least represented area of diversity, with under 1 percent of lawyers at the largest firms reporting that they have a disability, although 16 percent of the country’s working age population have disabilities. (The Lawyer)

• The UK’s Legal Services Act of 2007 has increased ...