DLA Piper is trash.

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DLA was the first firm to disband affinity groups and one of their partners made a racist LinkedIn post that’s going viral.

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Unfortunately, affinity groups are now illegal. Hopefully not forever, hopefully not for long. I’m all for resistance, but I’m not sure that’s where the fight is. Just have informal gatherings of those groups. There are bigger fights for firms to fight right now.

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Ok. You're free to not find it offensive and I don't care to persuade you to feel otherwise.

I was just sharing my perspective in response to your question.

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I heard DLA just laid off all the first years in one group according to the big law bowl

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Honestly, I think it’s an awesome firm. I’ve only had positive experiences.

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Nope, just a far left-leaning, but reasonable, lawyer trying to navigate these times. There are plenty of deeply concerning things happening right now. I don’t think a LinkedIn post about how we don’t want gang members congregating in parks where children play is something that we need to focus on.

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100000% agree

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What happened?

Anything in particular that makes them any more trash than the rest of them?

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