车管所靠谱的滚球平台协会会长 Discuss Policy and Personal Experience
2024年5月23日
The mandatory bars in the District of Columbia, 马里兰, 和维吉尼亚州去年都创造了历史，各自选出了一名黑人总统. 5月21日，D.C. 靠谱的滚球平台公会主席Charles R. 阴暗的小., 马里兰 State 酒吧 Association President Jason A. DeLoach, 和弗吉尼亚州靠谱的滚球平台协会主席Chidi James在靠谱的滚球平台协会总部与彭博行业集团执行编辑Lisa Helem进行了对话，讨论了他们成为酒吧领导的个人经历.
三位靠谱的滚球平台也讨论了各自在工作中遇到的挑战和机遇, as well as the status of their bars’ commitment to diversity, 股本, 包容, 和可访问性.
洛厄里说，他的总统任期的特点是努力在华盛顿的许多法律组织和利益相关者之间“连接点”, D.C.,面积.
“I wanted the 酒吧 to be more inclusive,洛厄里说, 在他的任期内，与志愿靠谱的滚球平台协会负责人和法学院院长的会面是合作努力的例子. “Coming from a nonprofit/government service space, 我想让其他靠谱的滚球平台觉得他们可以参与到靠谱的滚球平台事务中来, 不只是大律所. To do that involves creating new partnerships and new ideas.”
迪洛奇说，要想成功地完成自己的角色，他必须思想开放、敏捷. “我已经转了很多次了. I have a very good executive committee. 我参加会议时会思考, this is the kind of approach I’d like to take, and my executive committee would say, “杰森, I think we need to go in a different direction.迪洛奇说:“我为自己感到骄傲，因为我没有那么自负，认为要么我行我素，要么滚蛋。. “我意识到, 在这个位置, 你代表着成千上万的人, and every word you say means something. People are going to remember 100 percent of what you say.”
在他担任总统期间，当他不得不应对危机时，他利用了这种灵活性. His voice cracking with emotion, 他向听众讲述了去年马里兰州一名法官被一名诉讼当事人谋杀的故事. 事发后，迪洛奇在马里兰州议会作证.
“They gave me some remarks [that] I had marked up, but I had to take a step back and realize it wasn’t about emotions. 而是要说服这些民选官员做正确的事,迪罗克说, 选择坚持他的剧本. 在对此事进行听证会之后，马里兰州通过了安德鲁. Wilkinson Judicial Security Act, 通过删除或禁止在互联网或社交媒体上发布个人信息来保护法官的隐私.
弗吉尼亚州靠谱的滚球平台协会的詹姆斯在为会员服务时面临着截然不同的挑战. “Virginia is a large state,詹姆斯说. “这很有挑战性, 只是旅行, 试着去一些地方, 你可能从未听说过的地方…我在阿巴拉契亚的大石峡, 在山里, 上周. That has definitely been challenging.”
这次旅行是必要的, 在某种程度上, to address one of the Virginia legal community’s emerging concerns. “问题在于某些领域靠谱的滚球平台的减少……你们可能听说过‘法律沙漠’这个词,在弗吉尼亚, 在很多地区，我们的靠谱的滚球平台都已经退休了，想出去执业的年轻靠谱的滚球平台越来越少……所以人们得不到充分的服务,詹姆斯说.
弗吉尼亚州靠谱的滚球平台协会成立了一个委员会，研究如何帮助解决诉诸司法的差距, 包括法学院毕业生是否选择不参加弗吉尼亚靠谱的滚球平台考试. “弗吉尼亚州还没有采用统一靠谱的滚球平台考试，所以人们可以选择. Law students have a choice,詹姆斯说.
詹姆斯说，这个问题太复杂了，不可能在他任期剩下的几个月里解决, 但他预计，他的组织将继续开发和实施解决方案.
推动多元化
在回答有关他们各自的组织是否在美国政府裁员后调整了他们对多元化的立场的问题时.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 三位院长都表示，他们的靠谱的滚球平台事务所并没有减少创建一个更多元化的法律界的努力.
“I don’t think that we’ve changed our approach. I think we’ve leaned in,洛厄里说. “We’ve taken our working group and turned it into a Diversity, 股本, 包容, 及无障碍工作小组,” which is coming out with a report soon.
“This issue is really important. We’re not shying away from it, and we’re looking to see how the D.C. 酒吧 can be a leader in that space and push forward,洛厄里说.
The 马里兰 State 酒吧 is not slowing down either, said DeLoach. “这是一个非常重要的问题, 靠谱的滚球平台协会在我成为总统之前就已经认真对待这个问题了. 我认为所有这些公司和靠谱的滚球平台事务所都在放弃他们的多样性, 股本, 和包容 programs for legal reasons … I think that’s a cop-out,他说.
“This issue is very important because your law firm, 贵公司, they’re better when you have a diverse workforce. So, you may not want to call it diversity, 股本, 和包容, but you need to find a way to get a diverse workforce,他补充道.
James applauded his colleagues’ positions. 他说，弗吉尼亚州靠谱的滚球平台协会十年前就是否应该举行一次多元化会议进行了辩论. “There was a lot of consternation about whether it would pass. 然后, it came time for the debate before the VSB Council, and it passed without significant pushback. 然后, 在那之后不久, 有人想看看多元化会议是否会成为一个官方会议，并从州靠谱的滚球平台协会获得资金. 我们认为这也会是个问题，但事实并非如此，”詹姆斯说.
“所以，弗吉尼亚靠谱的滚球平台事务所在多元化领域所做的事情，我们并没有改变. In fact, I think it’s gotten a little bit better. 在我们的规则里, 弗吉尼亚州最高法院表示，VSB委员会的任务之一是鼓励和促进职业和司法的多样性. That has not been an issue, so far,他补充道.
尽管车管所靠谱的滚球平台协会主席小组表面上是一次性的活动, there were intimations that it might be repeated. “I was thinking, why don’t we keep doing this?洛厄里说. “Next year, the 马里兰, Virginia, and D.C. 酒吧 presidents should get together. The connection that we just started here could continue.”
