ABA Committee Decides To Diversify Diversity. It Should Come With A Clear Reason For Why That's Important.

[A]t a meeting last week, the committee decided that the schools have to expand their understanding of disadvantaged faculty even more, arguing that the list should also include religion, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, Native American tribal citizenship and socioeconomic background.

If you factor in age, religion, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, and disability, there is a colorable argument that this partner class was actually on the cutting edge of diversity the whole time. That's weird.

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