In Hindsight, 20/20 Diversity is too Low for Asian-American GCs
In 2015, Wilson Chu and Don Liu, two pillars of the Asian-American bar, cooked up an audacious challenge: Put 20 Asian-Americans in the general counsel seat of Fortune 500 companies by 2020.
Making the Case: Founder of Largest National Woman-Owned U.S. Law Firm Fights Fair
In total, women account for 34.6 percent of all lawyers who are members of the American Bar Association, or more than 101,000 female lawyers. In Fortune 500 companies, women account for 24.8 percent of general counsel positions, according to the Minority Corporate...
4 Ways GCs Can Help Law Firms Become More Diverse In 2018
Some organizations have implemented tracking mechanisms to assess the progress their outside counsel are making, while the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault have developed a database of historical results to make it easier for in-house counsel to track...
Supporting and Spearheading Diversity: MCCA recognizes 5 high-impact corporate law departments
Don Liu is executive vice president and chief legal & risk officer of Target Corporation. He is a long-time champion of diversity across the legal landscape and has been involved with the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) for nearly two decades, including...
Bay Area Hits Diversity Milestone With 100 Asian-American GCs, But More Work Remains
According to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing minority group in law, but the most proportionately underrepresented at the GC and partner levels.
Minorities are still scarce among law firm partners and general counsel
Minority lawyers are an increasing percentage of lawyers at law firms, but their numbers still lag at the partnership level, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Diversity Initiatives Fail To Make Minority Partners: But Still Work Out Well For White Women
Minority lawyers now make up 16 percent of law firms — a record high — but remain scarce at the top, where only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to new data collected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
The legal profession is diversifying. But not at the top.
Minority lawyers now make up 16 percent of law firms -- a record high -- but remain scarce at the top, where only 9 percent of law partners are people of color, according to new data collected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Recognition for Lawyers
Milberg partner Ariana J. Tadler has been appointed by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve as a member of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, and other honors and appointments.
How Legal Departments Can Help The Top Brass Diversify
While corporate legal departments and law firms have implemented policies and provided incentives to diversify their staff, leaders need to do more, lawyers say, from taking a more active approach to inclusive hiring to taking steps to diversify their own ranks of...
Seyfarth unites with diversity groups to limit COVID-19 impact
Seyfarth Shaw, COVID-19, pandemic, diversity and inclusion, The Belonging Project, National LGBT Bar Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Seyfarth Shaw forms coalition to prevent impact of Covid-19 from undermining diversity
Supporters include the Diversity Lab, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Foundation, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the National LGBT Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association...
Seyfarth, Diversity Groups Launch Project to Lessen Virus Impact
The project is a collaborative effort between Seyfarth and a slew of organizations including Diversity Lab, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the National LGBT Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Hispanic National...
Hershey Company General Counsel to Serve as Chairman of MCCA Board of Directors
“I’m really there to support her and the rest of the team and move the big rocks out of her path whether that be fundraising or leveraging my own network,” said Damien Atkins, chair-elect of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Chief Legal Officer of Kelly Services Steps Down, Replaced by Chief Transactional Counsel
Hannah Lim-Johnson became the chief legal officer of Kelly Services in 2017. She previously has held in-house roles at Public Service Enterprise Group, ADT Inc. and Tyco Integrated Security. She graduated from Rutgers Law School in 1997. She currently serves as a...
Seyfarth unites with diversity groups to limit COVID-19 impact
Seyfarth Shaw, COVID-19, pandemic, diversity and inclusion, The Belonging Project, National LGBT Bar Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Seyfarth Shaw forms coalition to prevent impact of Covid-19 from undermining diversity
Supporters include the Diversity Lab, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s ACC Foundation, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the National LGBT Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association...
Seyfarth, Diversity Groups Launch Project to Lessen Virus Impact
The project is a collaborative effort between Seyfarth and a slew of organizations including Diversity Lab, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the National LGBT Bar Association, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Hispanic National...
Hershey Company General Counsel to Serve as Chairman of MCCA Board of Directors
“I’m really there to support her and the rest of the team and move the big rocks out of her path whether that be fundraising or leveraging my own network,” said Damien Atkins, chair-elect of the board of directors at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Chief Legal Officer of Kelly Services Steps Down, Replaced by Chief Transactional Counsel
Hannah Lim-Johnson became the chief legal officer of Kelly Services in 2017. She previously has held in-house roles at Public Service Enterprise Group, ADT Inc. and Tyco Integrated Security. She graduated from Rutgers Law School in 1997. She currently serves as a...