Works in Progress: The Plans for Bringing People Back
Recently, Jean Lee, president of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, was talking with a Goldman Sachs lawyer who lost seven people in the ...
AL DÍA Women of Merit Honoree: Miriam Enriquez
According to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, in 2020, Latinos held 2.2%, or 22, of all general counsel jobs in the Fortune 1000, up by just one from the previous year.
Berkeley Law Student Shao Zhao Awarded $10,000 Scholarship From Robert Half Legal And MCCA
Robert Half Legal and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) have named Shao Zhao as the Robert Half Legal Scholar and a member of MCCA's LMJ Scholarship Program, Class of 2023. She has been awarded $10,000 to use toward law school tuition expenses, in...
Discrimination Against Working Mothers Must End
Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that denying women jobs on the basis of motherhood violated their civil rights, systemic bias still exists against working mothers, writes Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The...
In honor of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, MPS Foundation launches a scholarship for women of color
According to the 2018 Vault/MCCA (Minority Corporate Counsel Association) Law Firm Diversity Survey, women of color account for 14 percent of associates, but only five percent of no-equity partners. And only three percent of equity partners.
Dentons names new St. Louis managing partner, creating all-women leadership in Missouri
A survey of law firms conducted in 2018 by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association found that women accounted for almost 50% of summer associates and 46% of associates, but only 23% of partners and 20% of equity partners. In M&A, the levels were even lower, with...
Vernon Jordan Broke Barriers as Corporate and Civil Rights Icon
“He actually went into Corporate America, compared to others who, you know, either remained in private practice or government or the judiciary and things like that,” said Jean Lee of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
5 Hiring Strategies For Diversifying The Patent Bar
According to the 2019 Law Firm Diversity Survey by Vault and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, over 80% of lawyers in the U.S. are white.
BigLaw Eyes HBCUs, But Rankings Mindset Still Prevails
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, says she has long publicly lamented large law firms' preoccupation with ...
Can GC Succession Planning Drive Diversity?
“Men are judged on potential and women are judged on performance. The same standards apply to underrepresented racial and ethnic GCs," said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
Allstate hit by death of key executive
“I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for our profession,” stated Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee, who had hoped to meet Ferguson in person after connecting with her via email.
Allstate Legal Chief Ferguson’s Death Mourned as Industry Loss
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she recently connected over email with Ferguson and was hoping to meet her in person next week in Chicago. “I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for...
It’s time to make Ketanji Brown Jackson the first of many
What will it take to remove those barriers before she gets there? Here’s an excellent white paper prepared for the Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that digs deep into the pervasive array of biases...
Coke’s ‘Rigid’ Legal Diversity Drive Pushed Corporate Limits
Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee said she fears that Coca-Cola’s about-face will give some law department leaders worried about being too aggressive in promoting diversity cover to promote “watered-down” policies of their own. “It’s...
New Database Lifts Veil on Law Firm Diversity Demographics
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has launched its latest law firm diversity database based on stats from 225 law firms representing most of the Am Law 100 and the NLJ 250…
Allstate hit by death of key executive
“I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for our profession,” stated Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee, who had hoped to meet Ferguson in person after connecting with her via email.
Allstate Legal Chief Ferguson’s Death Mourned as Industry Loss
Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she recently connected over email with Ferguson and was hoping to meet her in person next week in Chicago. “I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for...
It’s time to make Ketanji Brown Jackson the first of many
What will it take to remove those barriers before she gets there? Here’s an excellent white paper prepared for the Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that digs deep into the pervasive array of biases...
Coke’s ‘Rigid’ Legal Diversity Drive Pushed Corporate Limits
Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee said she fears that Coca-Cola’s about-face will give some law department leaders worried about being too aggressive in promoting diversity cover to promote “watered-down” policies of their own. “It’s...
New Database Lifts Veil on Law Firm Diversity Demographics
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association has launched its latest law firm diversity database based on stats from 225 law firms representing most of the Am Law 100 and the NLJ 250…