Diversity and the Tax Bar

Tax Notes Talk

Sanessa Griffiths of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP discusses the lack of diversity in the tax bar and recommends ways to fix it.
For more, read Griffiths et al's article, "Diversity in the Tax Bar — Reflections on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward."
For the report mentioned in the intro, visit "Goal III Report 2022."
Listen to more Tax Notes Talk episodes from our critical tax theory series:

• Race-Based Poll Taxes and 20th-Century Discrimination
• Examining Treasury’s Review of Racial Bias in the U.S. Tax Code
• Is IRS Tax Enforcement Colorblind?
• State Tax Authority and Native Americans: Complex and Convoluted
• Wealth, Inequality, and Taxes in the U.S.
• Feminism and the Tax Code
• Taxes and the LGBTQ Community
• Addressing Racial Inequity in State and Local Tax Policy
• The Tax Code and Economic Justice in America
• How Racial Diversity Shaped U.S. International Tax Policy

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This episode is sponsored by the University of California Irvine School of Law Graduate Tax Program. For more information, visit law.uci.edu/gradtax.
This episode is sponsored by the FRA Private Investment Fund Tax & Accounting Forum. For more information, visit fraconferences.com/pif.

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Credits
Host: David D. Stewart
Executive Producers: Jasper B. Smith, Paige Jones
Showrunner: Jordan Parrish
Audio Engineers: Jordan Parrish, Peyton Rhodes
Guest Relations: Alexis Hart