Law Firm Leaders: Quarles & Brady’s Michael Aldana
He has been a tireless advocate for diversity and recognized by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and other bar associations. He's going to...
Afternoon Briefs: Justice Ginsburg officiates wedding; more women and minorities join GC ranks
Women or minorities accounted for 34% of general counsels at Fortune 1000 companies in 2019, up from about 15% in 2004. The 2019 percentage is the highest recorded by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in 15 years. (Law.com)
Inside Track: How the Pandemic Summer Has Impacted the In-House Legal Job Market
The number of female GCs and GCs of color heading the legal departments at top U.S. companies grew in 2019. It’s the highest number the Minority Corporate Counsel Association has recorded in the past 15 years.
GC diversity got a boost in 2019 as more women, minorities took top legal roles
The number of minority general counsel working for Fortune 1000 companies increased by 9% in 2019, according to a new report from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
BigLaw Cannot Reap Diversity Rewards Without Inclusion
Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that women and people of color have...
Citing High Demand in L&E, Meyers Nave Inks Merger Deal With San Diego Boutique
Brown, who founded Brown Law Group in 1999, is a past board member of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, and the immediate past chair of the board of directors of the San Diego Regional...
More Minority, Women General Counsel at Top US Companies Than Ever Before
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.
One Year In, Mansfield Rule Is Boosting In-House Diversity
...including 51 African American, 43 Asian American and 21 Latino top lawyers, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. And 291 of ...
Black General Counsel Reach Milestone in the Fortune 1000
“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.
How Lawyers Of Color Say They Climbed The Career Ladder
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...
Coca-Cola is at the center of a debate over corporate social justice, with an anti-affirmative-action
"It's really about this conversation in corporate America," said Jean Lee, who leads the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. "Does a corporation ...
Op Ed: Media’s Reporting on Diversity Should Look Far Beyond Coca-Cola
As one of the co-founders of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the organization’s first executive director, I have worked as a tireless champion of diversity in the legal industry for more than 30 years.
The Vaccine Issues: Here’s What Lawyers Are Saying About Corporate Vaccine Policies
“Does that violate HIPAA, because you’re asking people to confirm if they got the vaccine or not?” said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. “There’s now some judgement around people who are or are not vaccinated. It’s very...
Lawyers of Color Have Already Concluded the Worst’ About Gayton’s Exit as Coca-Cola’s Top Lawyer
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and Laurie Robinson Haden, president and CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, had a more optimistic view of the Gayton situation. “We don’t know for sure if one caused the other,” Lee said,...
Confusion, Shock in Wake of Coca-Cola GC’s Abrupt Resignation
“It's a huge loss for the legal profession and our legal community,"" said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association."
Coca-Cola is at the center of a debate over corporate social justice, with an anti-affirmative-action
"It's really about this conversation in corporate America," said Jean Lee, who leads the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. "Does a corporation ...
Op Ed: Media’s Reporting on Diversity Should Look Far Beyond Coca-Cola
As one of the co-founders of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the organization’s first executive director, I have worked as a tireless champion of diversity in the legal industry for more than 30 years.
The Vaccine Issues: Here’s What Lawyers Are Saying About Corporate Vaccine Policies
“Does that violate HIPAA, because you’re asking people to confirm if they got the vaccine or not?” said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. “There’s now some judgement around people who are or are not vaccinated. It’s very...
Lawyers of Color Have Already Concluded the Worst’ About Gayton’s Exit as Coca-Cola’s Top Lawyer
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, and Laurie Robinson Haden, president and CEO of Corporate Counsel Women of Color, had a more optimistic view of the Gayton situation. “We don’t know for sure if one caused the other,” Lee said,...
Confusion, Shock in Wake of Coca-Cola GC’s Abrupt Resignation
“It's a huge loss for the legal profession and our legal community,"" said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association."