Diversity Initiative Honorees 2015: Ropes & Gray
Despite Ropes & Gray's expansion in New York in the last decade, its Boston roots may have posed an obstacle to diversity. But the firm has been trying to change perceptions, and has received high rankings and numerous awards for diversity with an approach that amounts to a full-court press on law students of diverse backgrounds.
March 29, 2015 at 08:01 PM
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Despite Ropes & Gray's expansion in New York in the last decade, its roots may have posed an obstacle to diversity. The firm was founded 150 years ago in Boston, a city that at times has been seen as hostile to blacks.
“Some of the old perceptions of Boston still exist a little,” said Bernard Guinyard, Ropes & Gray's diversity manager. But the firm has been trying to change those perceptions since arriving in New York by acquiring Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt & Maynard in 2003 and Fish & Neave in 2005.
The modern Ropes & Gray has received high rankings and numerous awards for diversity and is focused on maintaining the level of diversity that it considers a strength and an asset.
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