Promoting Diversity in the Legal Profession
Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Diverse Attorneys to Create an Inclusive Workplace
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This seminar will provide guidance for law firms and corporate legal departments with regard to hiring and retaining diverse attorneys and strategies for implementing diversity programs for attorney staff.
Outline
- Legal landscape for diversity
- Diversity in the legal profession
- Issues raised by having diversity policies
- Best practices for recruiting/hiring diverse attorneys
- Recruiting minority attorneys
- Summer associates to new grads to lateral hires
- Replacing the diversity talent that is leaving
- Best practices for retaining diverse attorneys
- Mentoring programs
- Resources to assist diverse attorneys succeed
- Role of partners, general counsel
- Professional development opportunities
- Best practices for implementing diversity programs and creating a more diverse workplace
- How firms/legal departments are meeting diversity requirements
- Establish relationships and team building
- Data gathering and research
- Create the diversity plan
- Inclusion training for all attorneys
- Monitor and reevaluate plan and strategic goals
- Continue diversity dialogue/plan after training is complete
- Inclusive language in employment policies and benefits
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What can firms and legal departments do to improve recruitment of women and minorities?
- How can law firms and legal departments help overcome the barriers to a more diverse profession?
- What strategies should firms and legal departments use to retain diverse attorneys?
Faculty
Terri A. Mazur
Partner
Mayer Brown
She chairs the firm’s Women’s Initiatives Committee, which focuses on the retention, professional... | Read More
She chairs the firm’s Women’s Initiatives Committee, which focuses on the retention, professional development, and advancement of women, and serves on the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. She litigates complex commercial disputes, particularly in the areas of antitrust and securities regulation.
CloseFelix S. Lee
Partner
Fenwick & West
He chairs the firm's diversity committee. The firm is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse firms in the... | Read More
He chairs the firm's diversity committee. The firm is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse firms in the country and is noted for its unique approach to diversity and partner compensation. He also co-chairs the Bay Area Minority Summer Clerkship Program, which places diverse first year law students in paid clerkships. His practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation.
CloseJoseph P. Sullivan
Partner
Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman
The firm is one of the nation's largest certified minority-owned law firms and has been recognized for its commitment... | Read More
The firm is one of the nation's largest certified minority-owned law firms and has been recognized for its commitment to diversity and gender balance. He serves on the Defense Research Institute's committee on diversity. He focuses on the practice areas of mass tort, asbestos litigation, products liability, E&O and bad faith and trucking.
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Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include course handouts.
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