Episodes

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Sept. 9, 2026

David Wilkins (Harvard Law): Bias Without Bigotry

Big Law has spent decades and a fortune on diversity, and the numbers barely moved at the partnership level. The usual explanation is that somewhere in the building (or somewhere in your head) there's racism and misogyny. David Wilkins, Harvard Law professor and possibly the most important scholar on the legal profession, has a less satisfying answer: you don't need bigots to get this result. You just need busy partners. In this conversation, Wilkins joins Joel and John to explain how a firm fu...