Corporate America must have awesome public relations. How else did it get cast as the driver of progress for the legal profession—the force that will make Big Law more inclusive, more diverse and just nicer?

The spiel goes like this: Unlike their Neanderthal legal cousins, companies are much more evolved. They know the value of diversity and progressive work policies. As a result, clients push their outside counsel to get on the diversity bandwagon—or they’ll go elsewhere.