Diversity in the Legal Profession

Street Law operates a set of legal diversity pipeline programs—all designed to increase diversity in the legal profession. These programs target high school students of color and work to increase their interest in the law, their knowledge about legal careers and legal career pathways, and encourage them to pursue legal careers.

In the News

Law in Order

May 19, 2010 Seventeen-year-old Taylor Johnson argued her case as passionately as any attorney fighting for a client. And it worked. Taylor -- representing the family of a man killed by a neighbor's riding mower he borrowed when the neighbor wasn't home -- obtained an award for the plaintiff. Read more

DuPont and Street Law: Partnering To Expand Opportunity and Build Diversity Into The Pipeline

March 8, 2010 Ernest Tuckett, corporate counsel at DuPont Legal, discusses DuPont's diversity pipeline efforts and winning Street Law's 2010 Legal Diversity Pipeline Award. Read more

Volunteers experience the impact of the Street Law Pipeline Program

January 5, 2010 “I have a heart for outreach to those with unjust disadvantages and the opportunity to uplift talented young men and women provides even greater potential to have an impact on both their lives and the community,” explains Ted Elmore of Hunton & Williams. Read more

Spotlight: Street Law, Inc.

October 13, 2009 Just one hour before the mock trials are set to begin, the tenth and eleventh grade students are working furiously—polishing opening statements, reviewing witness questions, jotting down notes. Read more