10 Tools and Tips to Help Legal Marketers Advance Diversity and Inclusion
Be proactive in identifying existing and prospective clients who are serious about diversity and use that information to motivate your firm’s leadership to strengthen their diversity efforts. Use resources like supporters of The GCs for Law Firm Diversity, the...
Firm Diversity Push Steams Ahead With Action Plan For GCs
The document suggests in-house counsel access the online Minority Corporate Counsel Association/Vault Law Firm Diversity Database to compare...
MCCA Report Shows Legal Departments Lag Behind Firms in Some Diversity and Inclusion Metrics
A new report from the MCCA shows legal departments still have room for improvement when it comes to workplace respect and making employees feel their voices are heard.
“Why Not Me?”
I urge you to read a significant report with important statistics published jointly by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession called “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See.” Fifty-eight percent of women attorneys...
Women of Color Task Force: The Dovey Roundtree Rule
The statistics obtained for general counsels of fortune 500 companies, were provided by Jean Lee of Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
General counsel call law firms to action on diversity
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said the recent emphasis by GCs on law firm diversity is actually the fourth call to action from in-house lawyers. The first calls came in 1999 and 2004, Lee said, and the third came in 2016...
Crowell & Moring Partner and McDermott Will & Emery Partner to Receive 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Awards From NYCBA
The city bar association also said that Linsky has received several awards for work promoting diversity, inclusion and equality. Those awards have come from the New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Minority Corporate Counsel...
Minority Corporate Counsel Association Appoints Ripple General Counsel as Board Chair
Minority Corporate Counsel Association Appoints Ripple General Counsel as Board Chair. The chief legal officer of Flowserve Corp. was also appointed to the MCCA's board. Both appointees started their roles Wednesday.
MCCA Panel Talks Privacy, Ethics Rules of the Road for Autonomous Vehicles
Autonomous vehicles could access location, health and other personal data. But who owns it, and should it be shared? Privacy and employment counsel discussed these issues at the MCCA Global TEC Forum.
Attorney Reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Influence, Civil Rights Victories
West, who was previously the CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, also brought up that three schools Gray had once sued to desegregate would go on to honor the still-practicing attorney.
General Counsel Share Their Side of the Diversity Hiring Story
Seth Krauss, chief legal officer at Endeavor and a Minority Corporate Counsel Association board member, is among the few in-house leaders who sought to speak with Prophete after reading one of his op-eds. He called Prophete and invited him to lunch.
Necessary Numbers: Lack of Diversity Data in Complex Practice Areas Leads to Exclusion
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in Washington, D.C., says in her experience she hasn’t seen anyone collect practice area data points.
Minority Atty Group Honors Genentech For Diversity Efforts
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association announced Friday that American biotech company Genentech which is part of the multinational Roche Group, is its 2020 Employer of Choice, citing the company's use of data to hold leaders accountable for meeting diversity and...
Women of the UI law school mourn RBG, reflect on gender identity
A 2018 report from Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that, out of the 232 law firms they surveyed, only 9 percent of attorneys were women of color, and only 2 percent of attorneys were Black women.
CIBC appoints Interac’s Lawal as CLO
A recent survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found record numbers of women and members of minority racial and ethnic groups among the ranks of general counsel at Fortune 1000 companies in 2019.
General Counsel Share Their Side of the Diversity Hiring Story
Seth Krauss, chief legal officer at Endeavor and a Minority Corporate Counsel Association board member, is among the few in-house leaders who sought to speak with Prophete after reading one of his op-eds. He called Prophete and invited him to lunch.
Necessary Numbers: Lack of Diversity Data in Complex Practice Areas Leads to Exclusion
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in Washington, D.C., says in her experience she hasn’t seen anyone collect practice area data points.
Minority Atty Group Honors Genentech For Diversity Efforts
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association announced Friday that American biotech company Genentech which is part of the multinational Roche Group, is its 2020 Employer of Choice, citing the company's use of data to hold leaders accountable for meeting diversity and...
Women of the UI law school mourn RBG, reflect on gender identity
A 2018 report from Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that, out of the 232 law firms they surveyed, only 9 percent of attorneys were women of color, and only 2 percent of attorneys were Black women.
CIBC appoints Interac’s Lawal as CLO
A recent survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found record numbers of women and members of minority racial and ethnic groups among the ranks of general counsel at Fortune 1000 companies in 2019.