Bloomberg Law, ABA President Touts DEI After Delaying Law School Diversity Rule:

The American Bar Association isn’t “retreating” from diversity, equity, and inclusion in the face of the Trump administration’s efforts to block such initiatives, the group’s leader told a Cleveland audience on Tuesday.

“Bias is real, and we have to confront it,” ABA President William R. Bay said. His comments at a City Club of Cleveland forum came after the group, amid pressure from the White House, in February suspended its DEI mandate for law schools.

Bay didn’t mention that during his remarks, instead focusing generally on the need for diversity in the legal profession and in court. He also referenced racial justice studies for the courts in Missouri, where he lives, and that his state is working to address them.

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