UCLI

To realize the values that comprise the foundation of our American legal system – fairness, representation, access to justice, and equality before the law, among others – it is imperative that the legal profession be reflective of the communities it sets out to serve.

Utah’s bar and bench severely lack such representation. This scarcity of diverse representation negatively affects the ability of our legal institutions to administer justice in a fair and equitable manner and signals to members of Utah’s diverse communities that their interests and voices are neither valued nor welcome.  Because law is such a powerful mechanism for protecting the aims of justice and effecting meaningful structural change, the impacts that stem from a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in Utah’s legal profession inevitably come to weigh upon our society as a whole.