The New York City Bar Association is home to a number of member-led committees focusing on DEIB and legal pipeline issues. While ODEIB is an independent office of the City Bar Fund, it also champions the DEIB work of the City Bar through ongoing partnership with these dedicated groups of Association members.
Committee Descriptions
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee
Zila Acosta-Grimes, Shawndra Jones & Aisha Joseph, Co-Chairs
Made up of representatives from the City Bar’s signatory law firms and companies as well as leading thinkers on diversity and inclusion issues, liaises with the Office to provide thought leadership and support for our signatories, and serves as a parent committee to the eight Diversity Cluster Committees.
Disability Law
John Egan & Hon. Carol Sharpe, Co-Chairs
Addresses issues including employment, housing, barrier-free design and construction, public accommodations, education, health care, transportation, activities of state, local and federal governments and benefit systems.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights
Hayley Gorenberg & Jared M. Trujillo, Cho-Chairs
Addresses legal and policy issues as well as employment rules and procedures in legal institutions and in the court system affecting lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender individuals. Minorities in the Courts Focuses on the treatment of litigants, lawyers and court personnel of color in New York’s state and federal courts. The Committee seeks to address topics to assist the development of minority lawyers and court personnel as well as address the experiences of litigants within the court systems in New York State.
Minorities in The Courts
Hon. Inga O’Neale, Chair
Focuses on the treatment of litigants, lawyers, and court personnel of color in New York’s state and federal courts. The Committee seeks to address topics to assist the development of minority lawyers and court personnel as well as address the experiences of litigants within the court systems in New York State.
Minorities in the Profession
Tanisha Byron, Chairs
Addresses issues of concern to lawyers of color in New York, and provides networking opportunities for minority lawyers.
Women in The Legal Profession
Tracy Burnett & Francesca Fulchignoni, Co-Chairs
Focuses on the advancement of women in the legal profession, and addresses issues faced by women in law offices, corporate law departments, the public sector and other legal settings.
Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers
Jon M. English, Chair
Addresses issues and policies concerning law firm and legal department recruitment and retention, primarily through the Association’s Diversity Fellowship Program, which matches first year law students from underrepresented populations with legal employers for summer employment.