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Harvard Should Trust Claudine Gay’s Vision and Avoid Glass Cliff
Jean Lee, President of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, says Harvard University should take the opportunity to forge new inroads for diversity and inclusion when incoming president Claudine Gay takes the helm on July 1. Lee says Gay’s appointment should be...
Women In Law Are Driving An Entirely New Practice Model
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Times are changing for Twitter ads, diversity promises fail and more
Companies making promises and bailing on them send mixed signals to employees and the public. Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, an organization that promotes diversity in the C-suites, called the trend “concerning,” as it may...
Progress For Women In The Legal Profession Is Moving At A Glacial Pace
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Corporate Diversity Pledges Fizzle Amid Layoffs, GOP Backlash
The slashing of these roles indicates that some companies don’t see DEI as essential, said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which advocates for diversity in C-suites. “This is concerning,” because prospective workers from...
In Their Own Words: 8 Women On Leading Legal Depts. In ’23
In 2021, the legal industry saw record 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 numbers released in the fall by the Minority Corporate...
How Law Depts. — With And Without DEI Ideas — Have Fared
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...
Law Firm Diversity Barely Budges – Again
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.
Hueston Hennigan Has First South Asian, Muslim, Openly Gay Chief
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...
Employers in 2022 Were Torn on When to Pipe Up on Social Issues
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.”
MCCA IN THE NEWS
Harvard Should Trust Claudine Gay’s Vision and Avoid Glass Cliff
Jean Lee, President of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, says Harvard University should take the opportunity to forge new inroads for diversity and inclusion when incoming president Claudine Gay takes the helm on July 1. Lee says Gay’s appointment should be...
Women In Law Are Driving An Entirely New Practice Model
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Times are changing for Twitter ads, diversity promises fail and more
Companies making promises and bailing on them send mixed signals to employees and the public. Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, an organization that promotes diversity in the C-suites, called the trend “concerning,” as it may...
Progress For Women In The Legal Profession Is Moving At A Glacial Pace
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Corporate Diversity Pledges Fizzle Amid Layoffs, GOP Backlash
The slashing of these roles indicates that some companies don’t see DEI as essential, said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which advocates for diversity in C-suites. “This is concerning,” because prospective workers from...
MCCA IN THE NEWS
Harvard Should Trust Claudine Gay’s Vision and Avoid Glass Cliff
Jean Lee, President of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, says Harvard University should take the opportunity to forge new inroads for diversity and inclusion when incoming president Claudine Gay takes the helm on July 1. Lee says Gay’s appointment should be...
Women In Law Are Driving An Entirely New Practice Model
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Times are changing for Twitter ads, diversity promises fail and more
Companies making promises and bailing on them send mixed signals to employees and the public. Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, an organization that promotes diversity in the C-suites, called the trend “concerning,” as it may...
Progress For Women In The Legal Profession Is Moving At A Glacial Pace
Just one example: out of all the Fortune 500 companies, only 43 general counsels (or whatever name you choose to use) are women. By my calculation, that represents less than 10%. I don’t think that it is a stellar statistic almost halfway through the third decade of...
Corporate Diversity Pledges Fizzle Amid Layoffs, GOP Backlash
The slashing of these roles indicates that some companies don’t see DEI as essential, said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which advocates for diversity in C-suites. “This is concerning,” because prospective workers from...