I think that the writer had expectations that could never be satisfied in a law firm. I went through the process a number of years ago and was astounded to be the only one who wanted to take time off on the High Holidays not long after my articling year began. This was not a giant firm, but rather a medium one that specialized in one area of law. There was not one other Jewish person there, whether lawyer, student or support staff. My family name had been Anglicized by immigration authorities generations before. The writer seemed to want the work and the status and to keep on with her sport,  but not what went along with it, like wearing a suit every day. Every workplace has its norms, like the suit. It is the openness to people from other backgrounds and cultures that has to change. Not easy when legal culture replicates itself with each new crop of lawyers with shared schools, social norms and more. Being black is not the only way not to fit in. Old school WASP culture limits this.