Strib Editorial: “2 standards for diversity in the legal fraternity”
Minneapolis law firm Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, is being shunned by two groups, the Twin Cities Diversity in Practice consortium and the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers. Apparently, the law firm headed by a woman, that is responsible for many landmark civil rights cases, and that was founded by Jewish lawyers who couldn’t get hired elsewhere is not supportive enough of diversity.
Why? Because Maslon also represented the plaintiffs in the Grutter and Gratz affirmative action cases concerning admissions at the University of Michican and the UM Law School. The plaintiffs were white, which MABL apparently can’t stomach. MABL has apparently stalled Maslon’s admission to TC Diversity in Practice because of these cases.
According to Strib writer Katherine Kersten, this is nothing but a double standard. It sounds like she could be right.
