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Re: We are all Slave now.
Raiding in house: My point is that because a large percentage of in-house talent left the law firm life on purpose, this is not likely to be a source of people who want to return to the 2,000 plus billable hour lifestyle. I just don't see this as a practical solution. So let me offer you better one: Raid the government. Government lawyers are underpaid and they know it. Again, no statistics but I just know it's true: there is a greater percentage of minority attorneys working in all phases of government than in the private sector. In a number of specialties, green, just out of law school types go into government with the specific intent to use a revolving door. There's your talent pool of people who want to work in the private sector.
Asian lawsuits asserting discrimination: I am in general agreement with your thesis about "objective criteria." Even if not originally discriminatory, these standards have been hijacked to be exclusionary. I think at least with respect to public colleges and law schools, the plaintiffs are correct. If you allege objective criteria, it is nonsense to have quotas based on physical characteristics. The best answer to this at the high school to public university transition is to allow the top X% from every high school in the state to go to the flagship. That provides geographic, and, almost certainly, ethnic balance from the pool of applicants.
I don't have an answer for the Asian discrimination issue for private institutions. In my view, a more difficult question.
Finally, I listed your points in the order you gave them, so as not to omit anything, and to signal agreement or disagreement. No need to get your knickers in a twist.
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