Diversity in Action: A Manual for Diversity Professionals in Law is designed as a resource and educational tool for those performing diversity roles in law firms and corporate legal departments. It is a step by step guide to developing, implementing, and managing the functions of diversity and inclusion in an institutional setting. With this manual, you will be able to evaluate and effectively support the way your organization approaches diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Divided into nineteen chapters, this comprehensive guide includes:

• Creating strategic alliances; • Developing and measuring effectiveness of programs; • Establishing short term and long term projects for change; and • Promoting a sustained focus on diversity and inclusion resources in your organization.

This user-friendly guide by Theresa D. Cropper and Anna L. Brown is written to assist anyone involved in diversity work. With more than 75+ years of combined experience, industry insiders provide the tools necessary for the diversity initiatives to run smoothly in your law firm or corporation

Sally Balch Hurme is an elder law attorney currently with the AARP Health Education team explaining the workings of the Affordable Care Act and the Health Insurance Marketplaces. Ms. Hurme was an advisor to the Uniform Law Commission in drafting the uniform guardianship jurisdiction act. She also was a member of the U.S. State Department delegation that drafted the Hague International Convention on the Protection of Adults. She has authored 20 law review articles and book chapters on various elder law issues and taught elder law at George Washington University Law School. She is author of The ABA Checklist for Family Heirs and ABA/AARP Checklist for Family Survivors. She received her law degree from the Washington College of Law at American University, Washington, D.C., and her bachelor's degree from Newcomb College, Tulane University in New Orleans.

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