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Law firms have spent years promising to hire and promote more Black lawyers. Their corporate clients are now pressuring them to show results.

Companies including Microsoft Corp., U.S. Bancorp, Uber Technologies Inc. and Intel Corp. are asking the law firms they hire to detail how many diverse lawyers they employ and whether those lawyers are assigned meaningful work. Firms that don’t have good answers might lose out on bonuses or not get hired.

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This post first appeared on wsj.com

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