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note:
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of
the
Day.
The
firm’s
choices
to
dismantle
its
DEI
recruiting
initiatives
and
to
engage
in
an
agreement
offering
pro
bono
services
to
the
Trump
administration
are
steeped
in
hypocrisy,
cowardice,
and
greed.
It
makes
me
feel
ashamed
to
work
here.
—
A
midlevel
associate
at
Latham
&
Watkins,
in
comments
given
in
response
to
the American
Lawyer
Midlevel
Associates
Survey, about
how
their
disappointment
over
the
firm’s
decision
to
make
a
deal
with
the
Trump
administration
and
to
go
along
with
other
conservative
ideals.
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