I would say based upon the population of lawyers (almost all federal judges are lawyers), it seems to me that the Biden administration is trying REALLY hard to diversify the bench for the sole reason of diversity, just like every other part of his administration and NOT the quality of the candidate as has been presented to you already with the confirmation hearings. Libtards being "proud" of this is why this country is ruined. The law should be gender and color blind, but libtards are obsessed with putting people in groups so they can pit people against one another.
Also why do you specifically talk about black people when it's clear that the Asian population has made the most difference in diversity of legal minds? Because you're a libtard.
Lawyers by Race and Ethnicity
The number of Asian American, Hispanic and mixed-race lawyers reported in the ABA National Lawyer Population Survey grew substantially in the past decade.
Note: About half of all state bars and licensing agencies track race and ethnicity in the profession. In 2022, 26 states reported the race and ethnicity of lawyers.
White people are still overrepresented in the legal profession compared with their presence in the U.S. population, but that is slowly changing. Ten years ago, in 2012, lawyers of color were 12% of the profession. A decade later, in 2022, they were 19% of the profession.
The biggest change was in the number of Asian American lawyers. Last year, in 2021, the National Lawyer Population Survey found 2.5% of all lawyers were Asian American. That number more than doubled in 2022 to 5.5%. The change occurred largely because California began reporting the race and ethnicity of its lawyers in 2022. California has a huge number of lawyers – 170,000 – and 13% of them are Asian American. Asian Americans are now represented in the legal profession very close to their share of the U.S. population (5.9%).
The percentage of Hispanic lawyers nationwide also rose – from 3.5% in 2012 to 5.8% a decade later in 2022, according to the survey. It rose a full percentage point in 2022 alone. Again, this was likely caused by California starting to count race and ethnicity among its lawyers. Still, Hispanics are underrepresented among lawyers compared with their share of the U.S. population (18.5%).
The number of mixed-race lawyers also grew. None were counted in 2014 and 2015, but by 2022 they were 2.7% of all lawyers. That’s almost identical to their share of the U.S. population (2.8%).
Meanwhile, the number of Black lawyers is virtually unchanged, according to the survey. Black lawyers were 4.7% of the profession in 2012 and 4.5% in 2022. That’s far less than the percentage of Black people in the U.S. population (13.4%).
Native Americans are the smallest racial or ethnic group among U.S. lawyers. One-half of 1% of all lawyers (0.5%) were Native American in 2022 – nearly unchanged from 0.6% a decade earlier. The U.S. population is 1.3% Native American.
Finally, the percentage of white lawyers has declined. White lawyers were 88.4% of the profession in 2012, but 81.0% in 2022. They are still overrepresented compared to the U.S. population. Non-Hispanic white people are 60.1% of the national population.
Sources:
ABA National Lawyer Population Survey /
U.S. Census Bureau
