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From Big Law to Boutiques, George Floyd’s Death Prompts Outrage, Some Action From Law Firm Leaders (The American Lawyer)
The American Lawyer, June 1, 2020
From Big Law to Boutiques, George Floyd’s Death Prompts Outrage, Some Action From Law Firm Leaders
Sheila Boston, an Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer partner who was just elected president of the New York City Bar Association—the first woman of color in the role—said the legal profession ‘must rise up and lend our intellect, talent, creativity and problem-solving skills to solve this systemic and chronic injustice in our nation.’ ‘My heart is breaking for George Floyd and his family, and for all of us. Yet, I see glimmers of hope,’ she said in a Monday statement. She added that civil rights leaders and lawyers are meeting, planning and mobilizing to implement legislative and policy changes, ‘for example, to ensure that citizens are protected from police officers who are unworthy of wearing a badge.’
