Young lawyers face many challenges when starting their careers.
Minority lawyers face the same issues, but they have to face them in a world that is not colorblind. Whether it is an internal perception or an external reality, minority lawyers have to consider whether race or gender will be an extra layer over the basic issues faced by their non-minority peers. The majority of clients for most large law firms happen to be non-minorities. As minorities, we have experienced that reaction when pursuing personal business matters with banks, real estate agents and others. So it's no surprise when we encounter the same reaction in a law firm environment.