Reduced demand for legal services may shrink the bar without reducing its diversity.

Evidence

The number of lawyers may shrink in response to reduced demand for legal services, but this should not affect the diversity of the legal profession. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1195

Categorization

• QUESTION: Given the 2008-era concern about shrinking legal employment, is the claim that openings for excluded groups persist actually borne out by later data?