General counsel call law firms to action on diversity

General counsel call law firms to action on diversity - The Indiana ...

The letter, titled “GCs for Law Firm Diversity,” is one of several “calls to action” for diversity among those who staff corporate legal matters ...

The Imperative for Law Firms to Embrace Diversity: A Call to Action ...

In-house counsel are increasingly demanding diversity from their law firms, but a new survey by Burford Capital reveals a significant gap ...

Call to Action - Sara Lee's General Counsel: Making Diversity A ...

And if law firms don't, the document states, “We [the undersigned corporate legal department representatives] further intend to end or limit our relationships ...

General Counsel Pen Open Letter on Diversity

... Call to Action: Diversity in the Legal Profession”). Nevertheless, as a ... Counsel Diversity,” Diversity Lab and General Counsel for Law Firm Diversity.

Our Mission - Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Rick Palmore, then general counsel of Sara Lee, issues A Call to Action ... law firms to develop an action plan for increasing diversity in the legal profession.

170 GCs Pen Open Letter to Law Firms: Improve on Diversity or ...

More than 170 general counsel and corporate legal officers have signed an open letter to big law firms, lamenting new partner classes that “remain largely male ...

General Counsel Perspectives on DEI Initiatives in Law Firms

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are continuing concerns in both the business and legal communities. While a successful DEI initiative will ...

How In-House Teams Are Holding Law Firms Accountable on ...

Logikcull and Discover's Litigation and Legal Policy Counsel Lisa George discuss how corporate clients are advancing diversity and inclusion from their ...

A Call to Action for General Counsel - Elevate Law

In that same year, Fortune 1000 General Counsel issued a public pledge to increase the inclusion of diverse attorneys. Globally, The Convention on the Rights of ...

170 GCs Pen Open Letter to Law Firms: Improve on Diversity or ...

Over a decade ago, Richard Palmore published. 2004 Call to Action, which argues in favor of in house lawyers considering the racial, ethnic or gender ...

A Call To Action Diversity in the Legal Profession

In 1999, the Chief Legal Officers of about 500 major corporations signed a document entitled Diversity In The Workplace – A Statement of ...

200+ General Counsel Pushing for Law Firm Diversity Outline Next ...

It wasn't designed to have specific action items in it.” But Fang is not a diversity and inclusion expert, and some critics of her letter noted ...

Are You Answering the Call to Action? - Larson King

among general counsels and law firms to work together and commit to increasing diversity in the legal profession a reality, the signatories hosted an A Call ...

Diversity in Legal Hiring Decisions after the “Call to Action”

Palmore was then General Counsel at Sara Lee, after working as a minority partner in a major Chicago law firm. Call to Action urged companies to make diversity ...

Law Firms Boost Diversity Defenses After Conservative Backlash

“There's more of a call to explain it,” Yusuf Zakir, the firm's DEI chief, said in an interview. Foley & Lardner is spending more time ...

The Corporate Legal Department: Diversity & Inclusion - Priori

More than 170 general counsel and chief legal officers signed on to an open letter calling on law firms to “improve diversity or lose our business.”.

General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion - We promote Diversity ...

We are collectively committed to working collaboratively to promote greater Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our teams and the law firms that we work with.

Real diversity = providing the opportunity to lead - A&O Shearman

On one level, the latest statistics on law firm diversity paint a positive picture. ... We have all heard the "calls to action" by general counsel ...

Corporate Clients Lead Charge for Diversity and Inclusion in Law firms

... diversity of outside counsel gained momentum long before the 2016 and 2019 open letters. In 2004, Sara Lee GC Rick Palmore issued his “A Call to Action— ...

Ellen Dwyer Moderates LCLD Panel Exploring New Ways to ...

Calls on membership to pledge to advance and enhance experience of diverse lawyers Washington – October 22, 2021: The Leadership Council on ...