MCCA in the News

“We’ve done a lot of work and outreach to diverse communities,” said Richardson, a former senior in-house attorney at Sunoco LP who previously served as executive director of the unaffiliated Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She cited the organization’s Women...

The efforts of these schools and organizations are helping numerous underrepresented individuals pursue a legal education and a career. However, for more widespread, systemic change to occur, law firm leaders need to do a better job of prioritizing diversity and...

As it stands, racial and ethnic minorities comprise 33% of law school graduating classes but only 9% of equity partnerships, according to the National Association for Law Placement and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.  

Center for Worklife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (2018). You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial & Gender Bias in the Legal Profession [Executive Summary]. Report prepared for the American Bar Association’s...

To achieve their objectives, firms will explore and experiment with new approaches to hiring, work/life integration, work allocation, sponsorship, promotions, feedback, performance reviews and compensation systems; implement the winning Diversity in Law Hackathon...

Until marijuana is no longer a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act or exceptions to the law are passed, banks will still be taking a risk when it comes to providing financial services for cannabis companies, a panel at the Minority Corporate Counsel...

Leaders at MCCA say money is one of the biggest barriers to becoming a lawyer for underrepresented individuals. When asked what law schools should do to increase lawyer diversity, Lee says, “the number one thing is to provide [financial] access.”

What does it mean to be an ally? The question was the panel topic for a group of white attorneys in positions of power at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2019 Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference on Tuesday.

Women often are the unfortunate recipients of misperceptions. And that is especially true of women lawyers. For example, women lawyers often are judged in a harsher light than their male counterparts when they display assertiveness, self-promotion or anger, according...

Those leading legal departments have the opportunity to play a big role in championing diverse candidates by soliciting feedback and showing them they belong, a panel at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2019 Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference in New...