Lisa Kirby, left, and Alyssa Jarvis, right. Courtesy photos More Than 360 Law Firms Gain Mansfield Certification as Firms Remain 'Quietly Committed' Amid DEI Challenges
Mansfield leaders said that many firms have "blocked out the noise" and "remained quietly committed" to increasing diversity leadership.
October 02, 2024 at 05:00 AM
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What You Need to Know
- More than 360 law firms gained the Mansfield certification for diversity this year.
- The program added around 45 law firms since the previous year's certification and saw 19 firms commit to the certification for 2024-25.
More than 360 law firms gained the Mansfield Certification for 2023-24 for pushing for leadership diversity, up 13% from the 320 firms that were certified the previous year, the organization said Wednesday. New in 2023-24 to the program were 45 firms, including firms such as Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Goodwin Procter (in the U.K.), and Withersworldwide (in the U.S. and the U.K.).
Mansfield leaders said in an interview that they are also launching a new diversity leadership directory in early 2025 to help in-house lawyer search for lawyers at Mansfield-certified firms.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
- Baker McKenzie
- Cooley
- Dechert
- DLA Piper
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Goodwin Procter
- Greenberg Traurig
- Hogan Lovells
- Kaufman Borgeest Ryan
- Latham & Watkins
- Locke Lord LLP
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Pepper Hamilton
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