MCCA in the News

I’ve worked with law firms on diversity initiatives for more than two decades. It is often a sensitive subject that requires a change in culture and philosophy for some. The law firm “niche” of diversity often means membership and sponsorship with NAMWOLF, the...

“How are [companies] having diverse teams if the law firms, the very places you go to, are not diverse? You’re demanding diversity. That forces the law firms to say, we should think about ways to get diverse people,” said Jean Lee, the president and CEO of the...

Female lawyers, and especially women of color, are more likely than their male counterparts to be interrupted, to be mistaken for non-lawyers, to do more office housework, and to have less access to prime job assignments. (American Bar Association’s Commission on...

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2018 Law Firm Diversity Survey found around 17 percent of lawyers at responding U.S. firms were racial or ethnic minorities. Only 9 percent of firm partners were people of color.

Also in 2017, Facebook created a requirement that women and minorities must account for at least 33% of their outside legal teams, according to the New York Times. The article quotes Jean Lee, chief executive of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association: “Companies...

I’ve worked with law firms on diversity initiatives for more than two decades. It is often a sensitive subject that requires a change in culture and philosophy for some. The law firm “niche” of diversity often means membership and sponsorship with NAMWOLF, the...

“How are [companies] having diverse teams if the law firms, the very places you go to, are not diverse? You’re demanding diversity. That forces the law firms to say, we should think about ways to get diverse people,” said Jean Lee, the president and CEO of the...

Female lawyers, and especially women of color, are more likely than their male counterparts to be interrupted, to be mistaken for non-lawyers, to do more office housework, and to have less access to prime job assignments. (American Bar Association’s Commission on...

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2018 Law Firm Diversity Survey found around 17 percent of lawyers at responding U.S. firms were racial or ethnic minorities. Only 9 percent of firm partners were people of color.

Also in 2017, Facebook created a requirement that women and minorities must account for at least 33% of their outside legal teams, according to the New York Times. The article quotes Jean Lee, chief executive of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association: “Companies...