INSIGHT: Finding a Mentor or Sponsor—Tips for Millennial Lawyers, by Millennial Women Lawyers
According to a recent report by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, women of color had the lowest level of agreement when asked whether they have access to quality mentorship. According...
Change at the Start: How Law Firm Origination Credit Still Hurts In-House Counsel Diversity Focus
The American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession, Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Project for Attorney Retention released a report in 2010 that found women lawyers and lawyers of color had been bullied, threatened or intimidated over...
We Need to Talk More About Black Mentorship Burnout
I had a genuine desire to help every single person who contacted me but I also felt like I couldn’t say no. Only 5% of attorneys in the United States are Black. According to a report from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the percentage of Black attorneys...
United States: The Benefits Of Being A Woman In The Courtroom
In the early days, people made assumptions about us. They still do. A survey conducted in 2018 by the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that female attorneys are far more likely to be...
New tools available to address workplace gender, racial bias
Dermondy’s comments followed a presentation by professor Joan Williams, director of the Center for Worklife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law on the findings from a recent report titled “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting...
Why Women and People of Color in Law Still Hear “You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer”
As confirmed by a recent report from the National Association for Law Placement and a recent survey of diversity at 232 law firms by Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, women of color and black women specifically continue to be significantly...
Why the legal profession should encourage diversity and inclusion
Looking at ethnic inclusion, the same study found that only 1.8% of IP attorneys are African American, 2.5% Hispanic or Latinx, and 0.5% Native American – meaning that none of these communities are represented at the Bar at even half the rate that they represent the...
Is Lack of Diversity a Bigger Problem for IP In-House Lawyers?
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she was not surprised by the report’s finding on the prevalence of discrimination. Her group was involved in a racial and gender bias survey that was released last year and made comparable...
40 Under 40 Awards: Facebook’s Shayne O’Reilly pays it forward through mentoring
Named a rising star by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Shayne O'Reilly is committed to increasing diverse representation in the field.
The Mansfield Rule Helps Lawyers Tackle Diversity
Minorities are scarcest at the top: while minority lawyers now comprise a record 16 percent of law firms, only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to research by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). But even the overall progress...
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...
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...