Legal Ethics and Legal Profession Research Guide

The American Bar Association (ABA)

• ABA Model Diversity Survey
• Law Practice Today: Law Practice Today is a monthly publication of the ABA, with issues dedicated to specific topics in the legal issues.  Several past issues have been devoted to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
  • October 2022 DEI Issue
  • September 2021 DEI Issue
  • September 2020 DEI Issue
  • September 2019 DEI Issue
  • July 2018 DEI Issue
  • July 2017 DEI Issue
  • July 2016 DEI Issue
  • July 2015 DEI Issue
  • July 2014 DEI Issue
• Law Practice: The Big Ideas issues typically contains DEI related articles. The periodical on ABA's website is behind a membership login. Georgetown Law students can access Law Practice through the catalog or access Law Practice through Westlaw.
• Bar Leader: Covers issues that are of interest to elected officers and staff members at state, local and specialized bar associations and carry articles on DEI efforts. All but the most recent issues of Bar Leader are available if you search Bar Leader content through HeinOnline, but full-text to more recent articles available on the ABA website only.

Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP)

• IILP Publications

National Association for Law Placement (NALP)

• Annual Reports on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms

More National Bar Associations

Visit the website of those associations with an affinity towards DEI issues to locate articles, reports and studies:

• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Latino Justice PRLDEF
• LGBTQ+ Bar Association
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• National Bar Association
• National Women's Law Center
• Native American Bar Association

Also visit the websites of groups or special interest sections within the parent organization, e.g., Young Lawyers Division within the ABA and its DEI resources.