Undeterred by the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling and a raft of lawsuits targeting diversity initiatives at major corporations, leaders from 61 legal departments announced on Wednesday that their diversity commitments were strong enough to earn Mansfield Rule 2.0 certification this year.

That figure is up from last year’s 41, suggesting that companies haven’t shied away from trying to earn the diversity-based credential.

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