Tying Pay to Diversity Targets, Baker Donelson Builds In Accountability Metrics
The firm aims to increase the diversity of its management team, who are mostly equity shareholders, from 4% to 10%, compared with 7% for the industry, based on data from NALP, Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association and other indices that Baker Donelson used....
Hanesbrands Needs New General Counsel, Longtime In-House Leader to Retire
She also discussed the challenges of being a Black woman in the legal industry during a 2008 interview with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
DEALING BY EXAMPLE
On the legal side of dealmaking, a survey of law firms conducted last year by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that women accounted for almost 50% of summer associates and 46% of associates, yet only 23% of partners and 20% of equity partners. In M&A,...
A GC’s Blueprint For Improving Legal Industry Diversity
...two organizations that my company partners with are the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, or MCCA, and the National Association of Minority ...
Groom Receives MCCA George B. Vashon Innovator Award for Diversity and Inclusion Program
Groom Law Group, Chartered ("Groom") is thrilled to announce that we have been selected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association ("MCCA") as a recipient for its 2020 George B. Vashon Innovator Award, an honor recognizing material dedication and commitment to the...
NFM Lending Honored as a 2020 George B. Vashon Innovator for Diversity and Inclusion
NFM Lending is pleased to announce that it has received the 2020 George B. Vashon Innovator Award by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). The award was accepted by NFM General Counsel, LaTasha Rowe during the MCCA’s “Creating Pathways to Diversity...
Women GCs Are Finding Silver Linings In COVID-19 Storm
Fortune 1000, an increase of 17% over the past 15 years, according to numbers released in August by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Barclays’ Legal Department Spearheaded Effective Diversity & Inclusion Efforts
A new case study from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Paul Hastings holds up Barclays and its legal department as an example of how to spur conversations and collaboration to foster diversity, equality and inclusion.
Staffing expert advice on how to diversify your leadership
Minority Corporate Counsel Association: Support for hiring, retaining and promoting of more diverse lawyers
Airbnb Adds Pair of Legal Leaders Ahead of IPO
Chen is a member of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Huser, a former Big Law partner who has worked in-house at BlackBerry Ltd., eBay Inc., and McKesson Corp., is an inclusion advocate.
To Diversify Corporate America, We Need Standards, Not Statements
Despite corporate pledges to improve diversity during the protests after George Floyd’s murder, racial diversity among Fortune 1000 general counsel actually declined over the past year, and especially among Black GCs, says Jean Lee, CEO of the Minority Corporate...
Discover GC Wanji Walcott Named Chair of Minority Corporate Counsel Association
Wanji Walcott, general counsel at Discover Financial Services, has been named chair of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). She is the first Black woman to chair the board.
The Latest Mansfield Certification Round Is Shining Light on Law Firm Staff Diversity
Data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and analyzed by Diversity Lab earlier this year found that Mansfield Rule early-adopter firms ...
Four Dozen Firms to Start Pro-Diversity Mansfield Rule for Hires
The data the Diversity Lab released in April was for firm activity between 2017 and 2019. That compared to data, from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that found non-participating firms saw an increase of .13% in their diversity achievements in the same...
Harrity & Harrity Incubator Launches Black-Owned IP Firm
According to the 2020 Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association law firm diversity survey report, more than 50% of white male attorneys are law ...
To Diversify Corporate America, We Need Standards, Not Statements
Despite corporate pledges to improve diversity during the protests after George Floyd’s murder, racial diversity among Fortune 1000 general counsel actually declined over the past year, and especially among Black GCs, says Jean Lee, CEO of the Minority Corporate...
Discover GC Wanji Walcott Named Chair of Minority Corporate Counsel Association
Wanji Walcott, general counsel at Discover Financial Services, has been named chair of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). She is the first Black woman to chair the board.
The Latest Mansfield Certification Round Is Shining Light on Law Firm Staff Diversity
Data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and analyzed by Diversity Lab earlier this year found that Mansfield Rule early-adopter firms ...
Four Dozen Firms to Start Pro-Diversity Mansfield Rule for Hires
The data the Diversity Lab released in April was for firm activity between 2017 and 2019. That compared to data, from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that found non-participating firms saw an increase of .13% in their diversity achievements in the same...
Harrity & Harrity Incubator Launches Black-Owned IP Firm
According to the 2020 Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association law firm diversity survey report, more than 50% of white male attorneys are law ...