Race and Rapport: Homophily and Racial Disadvantage in Large Law Firms

* Assistant Professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. B.A., Columbia University; J.D., Yale Law School; Ph.D., Princeton University. This Article benefited greatly from the many useful comments that I received at this colloquium and at earlier presentations at the 2013 Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, the John Mercer Langston Black Male Law Faculty Writing Workshop, and the Thomas R. Kline School of Law Faculty Colloquium. I would like to thank Bret Asbury for his perceptive feedback, Andrew Bond, Peter McCall, Ian Oakley, and Phil Volkov for superb research assistance, and Dean Roger Dennis for his generous support. This Article is part of a larger colloquium entitled The Challenge of Equity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession: An International and Comparative Perspective held at Fordham University School of Law. For an overview of the colloquium, see Deborah L. Rhode, Foreword: Diversity in the Legal Profession: A Comparative Perspective, 83 FORDHAM L. REV. 2241 (2015).