Socially conscious literary icon Charles Dickens portrayed the squalor, blight and inhumane working conditions of the industrial revolution. We have indeed come a long way from Victorian London, its workhouses, and heart-wrenching demonstrations of inhumanity, bias, and prejudice. Yet have we come far enough? The time has come for a “Belonging Revolution” in law firms.

Today, the world’s strongest brands and workplace experts, already committed to fundamental fair labor practices for decades, have embarked on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts to improve workplace culture. Since 2020, billions have been pledged by U.S. companies to promote DE&I. Most recently, a more detailed concept and new nomenclature has been added to the DEI spectrum—belonging.

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