Tanya, Angie and Mary Ellen speak with Ashley Bernal, Director of Research and Impact for ProInspire. 

Ashley was the Research Consultant for a City Bar report that made recommendations about diversifying and strengthening the pipeline to the legal profession. Ashley helped us understand the findings of the report. She also talked to us about some of the hierarchies in the educational system that work against DEIB. And we talked about the way that students fall out of the legal pipeline because legal education is often designed to be unsupportive.

Read Ashley's report, The Diversity Gap: Black and Latinx Disparities in the Legal Pipeline (https://bit.ly/3YwbRI8), and the City Bar's report on legal pipeline program, Sealing the Leaks: Recommendations to Diversify and Strengthen the Pipeline to the Legal Profession (https://bit.ly/3I1eNFS).

Building Belonging: The Diversity Gap In The Legal Pipeline

The internet is essential for students returning to school this semester, with the majority of learning happening remotely.  But without wifi access, New York students living in shelters are falling behind their peers. Reporter Megan Burney speaks with affected families and an advocate leading a campaign for free public wifi in shelters.

Music credits: Jason Shaw and audionautix.com
Photo credit: Megan Burney

Building Belonging: The Diversity Gap In The Legal Pipeline

New York City Bar Association

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