Diversity Lab

Thank you, Dan Roe, at The American Lawyer, for highlighting Diversity Lab’s 2024 "Moments to Movements" Hackathon. We are grateful to our Hackathon participants, judges, and advisors for demonstrating the power of community by working together to tackle tough equity and inclusion challenges in law.  More than 100 law firm partners, legal department leaders, and industry experts will be in New York in July to share their solutions for advancing inclusivity in the legal profession. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gsRraXZa If you are interested in attending the Hackathon, reach out to [email protected] for more information. #InclusiveWorkplaces #Community #LawFirms #LegalDepartments

We’re excited to hear from Teressa Barillas, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Innovation and Operations at Con Edison, and Norma Davis-Atkins, Senior CLO Group Program Manager at Bridgestone Americas, on Diversity Lab’s Community Impact webinar this Thursday, July 18th! They will share how their legal departments' participation in the Diversity Dividends Collective (DDC) helps turn data into actionable partnerships with their outside counsel teams.    Diversity Lab will also share trends and insights from the latest DDC data collection effort, which analyzed data from 300+ law firms to track progress across proven inclusivity metrics, including access to high-quality work, client interactions, financial credit for new or expanded work, and team leadership.  If you are a legal department or legal operations leader and want to join the webinar this Thursday, July 18th, to learn more about having meaningful, data-backed conversations with your outside counsel teams, please contact [email protected]. Learn more about the Diversity Dividends Collective: https://lnkd.in/gZUNx86K #DiversityDividendsCollective #LegalDepartments #DataBackedConversations #OutsideCounselTeams

The Diversity Lab team is excited to gather with our incredible community at tomorrow’s Moments to Movements Hackathon and our 10-year anniversary celebration! We are grateful to our Hackathon participants, judges, and advisors for demonstrating the power of community by working together to tackle tough equity and inclusion challenges in law. We can’t wait to hear about the solutions that our teams have created! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/erFB45ia #DEIHackathon #2024MomentsToMovements #LawFirms #LegalDepartments

The Diversity Lab team is coming to New York on July 11 for the Moments to Movements Hackathon and to celebrate 10 years of Diversity Lab! The Hackathon is a Shark Tank-style competition. This year, 10 teams of law firm partners and in-house counsel leaders will pitch their solutions to create a more inclusive legal profession. That evening, we will announce our Hackathon winners during our 10th Anniversary Celebration! If you’re in town and interested in joining us for the Hackathon Pitch Day and/or our evening celebration, please contact [email protected]. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/erFB45ia #DEIHackathon #2024MomentsToMovements #LawFirms #LegalDepartments

A new survey by The Harris Poll, in collaboration with Understood.org, explored the concerns individuals have about disclosing non-apparent disabilities, like ADHD, dyslexia, and neurodivergence. While 69% of workers know their employers must provide reasonable accommodations for disabilities, 60% felt there is still a stigma around asking their employer for support. In the survey, 59% of those who identified as neurodivergent said they worried disclosing such a disability would hurt their career.   Yet, there is broad support for helping workers with these challenges; the survey found that 83% of workers agreed that making accommodations for those with ADHD, ADD, and other “learning or thinking disabilities” would make the workplace better for everyone.    Establishing an employee resource group for neurodivergent team members or those with a non-apparent disability can be an effective way to provide support for workers who may not disclose due to concerns about potential discrimination. Creating an employee resource group is also one of Diversity Lab’s Diversity Inclusion Commitments.   You can learn more about this survey on non-apparent disabilities here: https://lnkd.in/g6Ucs6ej #WorkplaceInclusion #Neurodiversity #ADHD #NonApparentDisabilities

Thank you Leopard Solutions for including Diversity Lab's Caren Ulrich Stacy in your latest webinar, "Attorneys from Underrepresented Background Detail Experiences on the Ground at BigLaw." Caren spoke about the importance of transparency for building inclusive leadership at law firms. Thank you Laura Leopard, Rosa J. Nuñez, and Reggie McGahee for the great conversation! https://lnkd.in/gDp9dujm #DEI #BigLaw #Inclusivity #InclusiveLeadership

Hear from leading legal departments participating in Diversity Lab’s Diversity Dividends Collective about how having meaningful, data-backed conversations with their outside counsel teams translates to actionable partnerships and positively impacts inclusivity in the legal profession. If you are a legal department or legal operations leader and want to join the webinar to learn more about the data insights and impact of this community approach, please contact [email protected]. Since 2021, the Diversity Dividends Collective has worked with more than 40 legal departments and aggregated data from 300+ law firms and 620 client teams. Learn more about the Diversity Dividends Collective: https://lnkd.in/gZUNx86K #DiversityDividendsCollective #LegalDepartments #DataBackedConversations #OutsideCounselTeams

Join Diversity Lab’s founder and CEO, Caren Ulrich Stacy this Thursday, June 13th at 11:00 am ET for a panel discussion, "What’s the ‘Score’ on Law Firm DEI in 2024?" Caren and other panelists will discuss The American Lawyer’s soon-to-be-published Diversity Scorecard data and report, Big Law’s progress and shortcomings in DEI, the landscape after the Students For Fair Admissions ruling, and much more. Sign up to listen to tomorrow’s discussion here: https://lnkd.in/g-Pe3KNu

It’s so exciting for us to highlight the work of our Diversity Lab team members! Recently, Courtney A. Munnings, our Mansfield Rule and Knowledge Sharing Manager, spoke with NALP and the Neurodiversity Task Force about her experiences with autism and neurodivergence in the legal profession and how workplaces can create safer spaces for disclosure. “When considering disclosing your neurodivergence, consider whether it will benefit you. Judgment can occur very quickly - think about how secure you feel in the space and how much your neurodivergence and/or disability connect to your identity in the workplace,” Courtney shared. Courtney also spoke about how recruiters and interviewers need more training on neurodiversity. “People don’t understand that when you meet one autistic person, you are meeting that one autistic person. Every facet of autistic identity is different. This is why I speak to the risks of disclosure; people may have assumptions about you based on the other autistic people in their lives, but people have different traits. Neurodiversity includes every person, just like biodiversity. Regarding recruiting, it’s not about ‘Do I want to get a drink with this person?’ but ‘Do they have these core competencies that they have demonstrated in the past and can build upon to be here with us and add to our culture?’” We are so thankful to Courtney for sharing her experience with others, constantly bringing her full self to spaces, and pushing for broader inclusion! Check out the full panel here: https://lnkd.in/ehFvCKGZ #DisabilityInclusion #Neurodiversity #LegalProfession #InclusiveWorkplaces

Congratulations UB Greensfelder for all your work to build a diverse and inclusive workplace! We’re so proud that the Mansfield Rule, the Inclusion Blueprint, and Disability Inclusion Commitments are integral elements of your strategy to champion all perspectives. Learn more about the firm's efforts to create a team where everyone can thrive: https://lnkd.in/g2PVSw96 #DEI #LegalIndustry #mansfield #midsizefirms