The population of minority and women general counsel for top U.S. companies grew in 2019 to the highest number that the Minority Corporate Counsel Association has recorded in the past 15 years.
“Black lawyers represent a higher number of general counsel than any other underrepresented minority group,” said Washington-based Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee.
According to the most recent data from the Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association Law Firm Diversity Survey, which surveyed 238 law firms in the U.S., nearly 90% of law firm partners are white. Among those in the partnership class, close to 4% are Asian...
Atkins, who recently wrote about “Refusing to Lose Hope,” serves as chair-elect of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and has two children, ages 9 and 11. He spoke with a writer from BenefitsPRO’s sister site, Corporate Counsel, about that town hall meeting,...
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