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90 Def. Counsel J. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/defcon90 and id is 1 raw text is: Diversity, Inclusion and Veterans in the Law By: Robert F. Redmond, Jr. Robert F. Redmond, Jr. is a partner at McGuire Woods LLP and served on active duty in the 82nd Airborne Division from 1987 to 1991. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Georgetown Law Center where he was Associate Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. The view expressed are his own. HIS article examines recent diversity and inclusion efforts in the law and their relationship to veterans. In recent years, the legal community has turned its focus to diversity and inclusion. Judges, lawyers, scholars and clients have examined the role of women attorneys, attorneys of color, LGBTQ attorneys and disabled attorneys and developed plans and programs to provide concrete advancement opportunities for these groups. These programs are based on established public policy and statistical analyses that suggest that these groups are underrepresented in the more coveted positions of the legal field. Two such programs are: 1) The Mansfield Rule,1 and; 1 See Diversity Lab, Mansfield Rule 2021, https://www.diversitylab.com/mansfield- rule-4-0/# -:text=The%2 OMansfield% 2 0Rule%2C%2 0inspired%2 0by,partner% 2 Opromotions%2 C%2 Oformal%2 Oclient% 20pitch (last visited November 22, 2022) (hereinafter, Mansfield Rule).

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