In 2021, the legal industry saw record high numbers of women and certain historically underrepresented groups at the general counsel level in the largest American companies by revenue, according to the most recent annual data released in October by the Minority...
Ethnic and racial diversity remains largely stagnant at U.S. law firms, with the percentage of Black, Asian and Latino lawyers ticking up just slightly in 2021 compared to the previous year, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association said in an annual report.
Asian American lawyers are the second largest racial or ethnic group among all law firm attorneys, but fewer Asian American attorneys are represented in executive roles relative to their total firm representation, according to the most recent Vault/Minority Corporate...
Jean Lee, CEO of Minority Counsel Association: “I cannot imagine any major public company GC putting out their personal opinions on social media about any of these political issues, because of the fact that people take one thing and blow it out of context.”
Large law firms collectively increased their hiring of diverse summer associates in recent years but struggled to retain those lawyers over time, according to a new report by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
The progress in filling top legal department posts with women and minorities was documented in an October report from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. It noted that the number of female general counsel in the Fortune 1000 rose 12% in 2021, reaching 331,...
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