INSTITUTE FOR INCLUSION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
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Mission Statement
For too long a wall of uniformity has defined the legal profession. A wall that limits entry and advancement based on race, ethnicity, color, culture, gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, geography and age. A wall that has stood in the way of real change. A wall that has left the legal profession an anachronism in an increasingly diverse society. Past efforts to increase diversity in the legal profession have been sincere but not inclusive enough...not ambitious enough...not robust enough. That’s about to change. The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession will drive real progress through comprehensive outreach and original programming to replace barriers with bridges between legal, judicial, professional, educational and governmental institutions. We will provide high schools, colleges, and law schools with programs to help students excel in an ever-more competitive world, and give young people real hope that there’s a path to success in the law. We will give law firms, bar associations, corporations and government agencies insights for business development and tools to eliminate bias. We will help people spot and get rid of the obstacles to inclusion—from policies...to fear of open discussion...to entrenched attitudes. Our work begins now, with a simple goal: Fewer walls, more doors. Real Change. Now.
About This Cause
The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (“IILP”) is the legal profession’s leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) think tank. Since 2009, IILP has provided the profession with a unique set of empirical tools to facilitate a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive legal profession that is reflective of the society which it serves. Widely recognized as the authoritative source for DEI in the legal profession, IILP’s innovative educational programs, research, and publications inspire the profession to think about, and approach, its persistent DEI challenges in new ways. IILP differs from other organizations that are concerned about diversity in the legal profession in two crucial ways: (1) IILP emphasizes inclusion rather than simple diversity, and, (2) IILP focuses upon the profession as a whole rather than upon a particular practice setting or a specific type of diversity. As a 501(c)(3) organization, IILP works cooperatively and collaboratively with all relevant stakeholders, including bar associations, law schools, corporate law departments, law firms of all sizes, and government agencies. It addresses diversity in all its manifestations—race/ethnicity, gender, nationality, disabilities, LGBT, religion, geography, generation, etc.—appreciating distinctive needs while recognizing the different strategies and resources that are integral to, and appropriate for, facilitating the level of collaboration and partnership needed to achieve success in its mission. IILP sees its role as filling gaps and expanding the “choir.” Its integrated, multifaceted, common-sense programming and research do not duplicate what already exists but rather seeks to fill voids that others have left unaddressed. IILP does this by engaging the traditional groups of lawyers who are diverse while also reaching out to other groups that have often been overlooked and ignored in diversity efforts. IILP includes anyone who wishes to be part of making the legal profession the best that it can be through Real change. Now.