Wonder Women in Business Ally: John Iino
John Iino is a proven change agent, helping individuals and organizations achieve excellence through his experience as a global law firm leader, diversity professional and executive coach...Recognized as one of the top three major law firms to receive the Thomas Sager...
More Big Law Firms Opt to Observe Juneteenth at Offices
An October 2019 survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association showed that black lawyers account for just 4.83% of associates and 1.94% of equity partners in law firms.
The great exodus
Jean Lee, president and CEO of Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) in the US, believes this is almost par for the course for the majority of minority lawyers. “No-one will ever talk about it openly, because it’s detrimental to your career,” she says.....“You...
After George Floyd’s Death, GCs Should Wield Diversity Data, Not Just Words — A Q&A With Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Jean Lee
Jean Lee, the president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), says these aren’t enough. Her organization works to promote diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the legal field by providing research, best practices and training. In a wide-ranging...
A black partner’s perspective on why law firms are failing at diversity
But this problem is even worse nationally. According to the most recent data from the Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association Law Firm Diversity Survey, just 2% of law firm partners are black. These numbers have been largely consistent over the last decade.
ANALYSIS: Black Workers Are Under-Represented in Legal Industry
An October 2019 survey of 238 large law firms by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault found that black lawyers made up 4.83% of associates and only 1.94% of equity partners. Whites made up 73.38% of associates and 89.87% of equity partners. Blacks are...
Why I Resist Casual Friday and Other Thoughts on Diversity and Inclusion: A Black Partner’s Perspective
The numbers are generally well known. According to the most recent data from the Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association Law Firm Diversity Survey, just 2.1% of law firm partners are black, and only 1.87% are equity partners. These numbers have been largely...
New implicit-bias tool offers insight and answers
"The existence of implicit bias in the legal profession is both obvious and well-documented. In 2016, the American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association partnered with the Center for WorkLife Law at the...
‘Things Are Different Now’: General Counsel, Corporations React Publicly to George Floyd’s Death
"We didn’t think of this necessarily as a political issue,” said Minority Corporate Counsel Association chair Stuart Alderoty, general counsel of fintech firm Ripple Labs Inc.
Harvard Law Student Aiyanna Sanders Awarded $10,000 Scholarship From Robert Half Legal and MCCA
Robert Half Legal and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) have named Aiyanna Sanders as the Robert Half Legal Scholar and a member of MCCA's Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship Program, Class of 2022. She has been awarded $10,000 to use toward law school...
Works in Progress: The Plans for Bringing People Back
Recently, Jean Lee, president of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, was talking with a Goldman Sachs lawyer who lost seven people in the ...
AL DÍA Women of Merit Honoree: Miriam Enriquez
According to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, in 2020, Latinos held 2.2%, or 22, of all general counsel jobs in the Fortune 1000, up by just one from the previous year.
Berkeley Law Student Shao Zhao Awarded $10,000 Scholarship From Robert Half Legal And MCCA
Robert Half Legal and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) have named Shao Zhao as the Robert Half Legal Scholar and a member of MCCA's LMJ Scholarship Program, Class of 2023. She has been awarded $10,000 to use toward law school tuition expenses, in...
Discrimination Against Working Mothers Must End
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that denying women jobs on the basis of motherhood violated their civil rights, systemic bias still exists against working mothers, writes Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The...
In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, MPS Foundation launches a scholarship for women of color
According to the 2018 Vault/MCCA (Minority Corporate Counsel Association) Law Firm Diversity Survey, women of color account for 14 percent of associates, but only five percent of no-equity partners. And only three percent of equity partners.
Works in Progress: The Plans for Bringing People Back
Recently, Jean Lee, president of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, was talking with a Goldman Sachs lawyer who lost seven people in the ...
AL DÍA Women of Merit Honoree: Miriam Enriquez
According to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, in 2020, Latinos held 2.2%, or 22, of all general counsel jobs in the Fortune 1000, up by just one from the previous year.
Berkeley Law Student Shao Zhao Awarded $10,000 Scholarship From Robert Half Legal And MCCA
Robert Half Legal and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) have named Shao Zhao as the Robert Half Legal Scholar and a member of MCCA's LMJ Scholarship Program, Class of 2023. She has been awarded $10,000 to use toward law school tuition expenses, in...
Discrimination Against Working Mothers Must End
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that denying women jobs on the basis of motherhood violated their civil rights, systemic bias still exists against working mothers, writes Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The...
In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, MPS Foundation launches a scholarship for women of color
According to the 2018 Vault/MCCA (Minority Corporate Counsel Association) Law Firm Diversity Survey, women of color account for 14 percent of associates, but only five percent of no-equity partners. And only three percent of equity partners.