Michael Rennock
Partner
Morrison & Foerster banks on the fact that corporations seek to do business with firms that reflect their own commitment to diversity leadership. Throughout the organization, recruitment and retention of the best women and minority attorneys isn’t just a goal, it’s a given.
With more than 1000 lawyers worldwide, the firm’s success in hiring and retaining a highly diverse work force is the result of a deeply ingrained culture that prizes a quality work environment.
Quality of life is also hallmark at Morrison & Foerster, and the firm believes the best way to keep attorneys of color is to create dynamic and open environments for all of its attorneys.
The firm has an active diversity task force that creates programs to reinforce cultural awareness and inclusiveness. Diversity training is also included among the firm’s mandatory attorney training sessions and educational programs.
Morrison & Foerster takes inclusive hiring and promotion very seriously. A full 26 percent of the firm’s partners and associates are lawyers of color. In addition, 26 percent of the firm’s new hires are attorneys of color. Not surprisingly, in its most recent survey, The Vault Report ranked Morrison & Foerster second in diversity among the nation’s law firms.
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From the March 2002 issue of Diversity & The Bar®