Two major U.S. state bar associations have pushed back after President Donald Trump took aim at efforts to promote more diversity in the legal profession. Trump in an executive order on Tuesday included state and local bar associations as targets for federal civil probes into private-sector diversity,

President Donald Trump’s sweeping orders to end the government’s diversity, equity and inclusion effort mark a sea change for the country

Trump's executive order ends the government's DEI programs, impacting everything from anti-bias training to funding for minority homeowners.

Trump’s administration moved to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal DEI staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off—the first salvo in an aggressive campaign to upend DEI efforts nationwide.