MCCA in the News

Carter appointed Kearse and six other Black women to federal judgeships during his single term in office, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. Before Carter became president, just 10 of the previous 1,824 lifetime federal judge appointments had...

A recent survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association of 225 U.S. law firms found slightly over 2% of attorneys were Black women.

In 2020, nearly 89% of law firm partners were White and 74% were male, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s 2021 law firm diversity survey. In 2010, White lawyers comprised more than 93% of all partners and men made up more than 80% of that group.

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association surveyed more than 200 firms. In 2020, attorneys who identify as racial or ethnic minorities made up 20% of the legal workforce at the surveyed firms—up 14% from 2010. Diversity for summer associates and associates saw more...

As the president and CEO of the MCCA, I often hear from lawyers of Black, Asian, and Hispanic/Latinx descent who are tired of navigating a corporate America that wasn't designed with them in mind.

"Are your efforts to promote diversity and inclusion just performative? It’s a question everyone should be asking, according to panelists at Pathways 2021, held earlier this week by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has launched a diversity scorecard aimed at showing law firms where they fall in terms of several diversity, equity and inclusion metrics and where they can...

"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hoped for an industry standard to measure my outside counsels’ diversity efforts. MCCA’s Scorecard is that standard and meets the moment in this new era of investor focus on ESG goals," said Wanji Walcott, MCCA's chairwoman and...

As the first Black woman to chair the Minority Corporate Counsel Association board of directors, Wanji Walcott faces what many have called a watershed moment for diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal industry, as the pandemic’s most recent surge leaves remote...

Black general counsel lost 6% of their representation within the Fortune 1000 last year, according to a new survey, even as the legal industry and major corporations made broader pushes for increased diversity. The Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s latest...