So as not to out the firm that posted this memo. The billing code would give it away to lawyers in the firm (although the letterhead probably already did that)

This is probably something for another topic, but Kenyetta probably went to Cornell or Harvard or Yale or whatever so she will at least have that connection with some of her fellow employees. Despite their attempts to hire "diverse" candidates, most big law firms are loath to hire outside the top 14 or so law schools.…

Oh yay! I was waiting for the person to find problems with this from the exact opposite side. Dude, its clear you have never worked in a big law firm, but the people at the top tend to be straight white males for reasons that are rarely entirely merit based (not saying any of the partners don't deserve to be there,…

Well people don't spend that much time having "personal conversations" outside of something structured like this because everyone is too busy. To address your other point as an LGBT person who has been targeted through similar outreach programs (not quite as clunky, but in general the same idea) most of the time the…

Essentially the logging code is more about big law firms playing Big Brother with their attorneys in all aspects of their life at work more than anything else. They want to know what you are doing down to the 15 minute increment, of course they are going to create a code for every attorney participating in a firm-wide…

Fine, but law firms allow attorneys to log hours for all sorts of non-work things, particularly when they are recruitment/retention related (which this memo is mostly targeting). At my law firm (and I would imagine most big law firms), during the summer, current attorneys are encouraged to take summer associates (law…

The thing is, I bet the main reason why the firm includes a billing number for diversity initiative activities is that it will enable them to keep track of who is actually contributing and reaching out to POC/women/LGBT people at the firm and who needs a stronger push to do so.

You go fight that fight then. As someone who wants a job at one of these places (and yes as someone who is very privileged in pretty much every way but being LGBT) I'm not going to be fighting this fight. So long as my workplace is making an effort to move past exclusion and is going to treat me in a way that doesn't…

Corporate America is never where we are going to have the discussion we need to have about privilege. As a so-called "diverse" person (who as a white cis gay male had never really been treated as "diverse" before starting to work at a Big Law firm) I'd rather have this than nothing at all. If this firm is anything…

Honestly this is a huge step in the right direction for Big Law firms (and any other major corporate enterprise). It's not just enough to hire non straight white cismales, you also have to work at integrating them socially into the workplace. You can argue that it shouldn't be so hard, but at big law firms, mentoring…

Given that this is a big law firm, I highly doubt (at least in today's version of the legal field) that a significant portion of those this memo was addressed to weren't members of the tribe.

Fine, but like it or not Big Law firms report and are judged by so-called "diverse" hiring factors. Law firms risk not hiring the best talent and/or not landing big corporate clients if they aren't "diverse" enough. You can criticize memos like this or the notion of "diversity" in general because of course it would be…

Yeah honestly I don't see what's terribly wrong with this. This is clearly from a big law firm, a field where diversity recruiting and retention is very important. Having worked at one as an LGBT person, I can tell you that they go out of their way to make you feel comfortable, probably because of memos like this.…

I once got on the N train at Atlantic heading towards Manhattan and less than a minute into my trip some deranged person sets down a milk crate on the floor and proceeds to make himself vomit into an empty Starbucks cup all the way across the Manhattan Bridge. What made matters worse is that I couldn't switch to the…

This headline is not totally accurate. The contract only forces you to submit to binding arbitration for anything arising out of the contract (which is likely not going to be anything that you would be worth actually suing them on your own for anyways since this contract is for a measly coupon). But like if a General…

As an almost-lawyer, the only argument that this isn't legally enforceable is the fact that unless they told you that merely liking something subjected you to their terms and conditions, you can't be said to have agreed to any contract. The fact that the T&C says you have to submit to binding arbitration, however, has…

First, for every Brandon Eich there are way more LGBT people who have lost their job for being gay/trans. But also, its rare for people to become CEO's of major corporations (let alone major corporations that are a hybrid profit/not-for-profit entity) if they have espoused or espouse controversial opinions (either…

If I recall the last time this happened, the eps were available on YouTube and Fox basically let it go (there was no way they weren't aware of it). They might see it as free publicity for the show.

I understand that intellectually, it still doesn't mean that my self-conscious mind doesn't feel shame. The guy in the post was a giant dick though.

True, but still sometimes people are weird and self-conscious. It's like how restaurants silently judge you by sending more than one set of silverware/chopsticks with a delivery order.