Click through the Internet profiles of attorneys at Madison law firms and a clear picture emerges: white face after white face fill the rosters.
The scenario is different, but not much, at the Milwaukee offices of those same firms. Local law firms say that in recent years they have actively recruited minority attorneys — in state among graduates of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School — as well as nationally.
But even as Wisconsin’s top firms woo minority attorneys, they are leaving the firms during the years young attorneys traditionally have been expected to hustle to make partner.