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Minorities in the Profession Committee

Overview
Chairs
- Jade Gary
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- TaLona H. Holbert
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Reports
News & Media
- New York Bar Will No Longer Ask About Juvenile Arrests (Law360) (March 17, 2023)
- Discussion with Asian American Women Leaders on the New York City Bar Board (May 09, 2022)
- NY State Bar Association Says Illegal, 'Racially Discriminatory' Bar Application Question Must Be Replaced (New York Law Journal) (January 25, 2022)
- NYSBA Asks Courts To Alter 'Illegal' Bar Admission Question (Law360) (January 24, 2022)
- Stop asking law students about juvenile records, NY State bar says (Reuters) (January 24, 2022)
- New York Moves to Ease Police Questions of Would-Be Lawyers (Bloomberg Law) (January 21, 2022)
- Presidential Series: Raising The Bar of Hope (November 30, 2021)
- Critics Say New York’s Inquiry Into Aspiring Attorneys’ Criminal Histories Violates State Law (New York Law Journal) (October 21, 2021)
- NYC Bar Wants Arrest Question On Bar Application Amended (Law360) (June 16, 2021)
- City Bar Says Court System Should Change Criminal History Inquiry for Would-Be Attorneys (New York Law Journal) (June 14, 2021)
- City Bar Says NY Courts Should Not Require Bar Applicants to Disclose All Arrests and Convictions (June 14, 2021)
- Mediation Apprenticeships, Mentorships, and Gaining That Coveted Experience! (June 10, 2021)
- College Behind Bars: Access to Higher Education in Prison and the Restoration of TAP (March 11, 2021)
- Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America - Program Recap (January 12, 2021)
- Women in the Law (Webcast) (October 01, 2020)
- A Profession for All (February 26, 2020)
- Gender, Sex, Discrimination and International Sport: Caster Semenya v. IAAF (October 02, 2019)
- City Bar to Focus on Pipeline to Diversify the Legal Profession, Releases Task Force Report (May 20, 2019)
- City Bar Hosts Forum on Race Relations (March 29, 2016)
- Law Firms Lose Talent In-House Because of Diversity, GC Says (December 02, 2015)

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