“How are [companies] having diverse teams if the law firms, the very places you go to, are not diverse? You’re demanding diversity. That forces the law firms to say, we should think about ways to get diverse people,” said Jean Lee, the president and CEO of the...
Female lawyers, and especially women of color, are more likely than their male counterparts to be interrupted, to be mistaken for non-lawyers, to do more office housework, and to have less access to prime job assignments. (American Bar Association’s Commission on...
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2018 Law Firm Diversity Survey found around 17 percent of lawyers at responding U.S. firms were racial or ethnic minorities. Only 9 percent of firm partners were people of color.
Also in 2017, Facebook created a requirement that women and minorities must account for at least 33% of their outside legal teams, according to the New York Times. The article quotes Jean Lee, chief executive of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association: “Companies...
“With IHF, it’s not just about providing CLE. It’s about high-quality, diversity-fueled educational content that helps broker meaningful conversations between corporate legal departments and law firms,” said Jean Lee, CEO at the Minority...
She is the recipient of numerous industry accolades, including the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Rising Star award, DC Access to Justice Commission’s Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll recipient, the National Bar Association’s Outstanding Partner in a Firm...
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