Theodore A. Levine
General Counsel
UBS PaineWebber has set diversity as a priority. Working on a corporate diversity commitment, Chief Legal Officer Theodore Levine and his senior management team have developed highly effective initiatives to incorporate diversity into the fabric of its legal division. The legal division implements its own companywide diversity efforts through the Firm Diversity Council, which is composed of 18 senior executives from various business divisions and a corporate diversity executive. The Firm Diversity Council’s mission is to facilitate cultural change with an emphasis on inclusion throughout the firm and to expand the firm’s presence among a diverse group of potential clients.
The specific legal division’s goals are to establish diversity accountability and metrics, expand diversity training and education, increase female and minority representation at all levels, and leverage diversity as a mechanism to break down the barriers among people of diverse race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, and sexual orientation.
The Legal Division’s diversity committee is mandated to increase the diversity of the division by reaching out to a diverse pool of candidates. In its first yearand- a-half, the diversity committee fostered communications within the legal division by sponsoring luncheons and building its own web page. It has also instituted an internship program that recruits diverse students from local colleges and law schools for summer and year-round internships. In addition, diversity training has been incorporated into the mandatory training requirements for every employee in the division. The result is an inclusive workplace.
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From the March 2002 issue of Diversity & The Bar®