Diversity Training Won’t Change Your Behavior (or Trump’s)
Sadly, this all also reconfirms research conducted by the legal industry. In a study by the American Bar Association’s commission on women and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the finding was that the profession’s gender equality and diversity efforts over...
Supreme Judicial Court Steering Committee on Lawyer Well-Being Report to the Justices
See, for example: "You Can't Change What You Can't See: Interrupting Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal Profession;" American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association 5 (2018), which provides "a...
How Millennials Are Changing Law Firms, Legal Departments
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said millennials likely aren't loyal to a company because of status or money, but because the organization allows them to fulfill their passions and purpose for greater things.
Attorney channels inner fire to help nonprofits
In 2018, she was named to Crain’s Detroit Business 40 Under 40 honors list and to Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Rising Star list. Coincidentally, she came to the decision that she had to leave Ford to balance family and fully channel her inner fire into her...
Gap’s Associate General Counsel Grew Her Legal Skills In-House, Straight Out of Law School
Marie Ma moved up to Gap Inc.’s associate general counsel role this year, the latest step in her nontraditional corporate law career path. She shared her experience as a lawyer who went straight in-house Wednesday, during a Minority Corporate Counsel Association town...
Why attorney SEO is a top marketing priority for women-owned law firms
Female lawyers and female-owned law firms suffer a widespread gender bias. According to a research conducted by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) and the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Commission on Women in the Profession, lawyers especially women...
Unicorn Watch: Black Partners (Part 2)
We now have data from three sources—the National Association for Law Placement, Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association and, most recently, The American Lawyer’s 2019 Diversity Scorecard—confirming what most of us already know: Black lawyers are stuck, rarely...
15 Minutes With Western Union’s General Counsel
Senior Day Speakers Remind Michigan Law Graduates to Take Compassion with Them
"Don't do it only because you were a student at this grand university. Do it because you want to have a more fulfilling life," said Mayes, recipient of the American Bar Association's Margaret Brent Award, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's Trailblazer Award,...
Can You Spot The Gender Disparity? A Guide To Implicit Bias
When it comes to women and minorities, there can be an unconscious ... Commission on Women and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
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.
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.