The Counsel Spotlight focuses on equal treatment, equal opportunity, and equal access.
Diversity Lab designed Counsel Spotlight in collaboration with law firms and legal departments. It provides a convenient and accessible way for in-house counsel, press, and conference organizers to quickly find the expertise they require from partners at Mansfield firms.
unique individual log-ins by legal department leaders and others since the launch of Counsel Spotlight.
different companies have used Counsel Spotlight to search for and locate outside counsel.
partners from more than 200 firms are profiled in Counsel Spotlight
Unequal access to career advancement opportunities is often cited as one of the top reasons lawyers leave law firms. Counsel Spotlight was created to expand career-enhancing opportunities for partners at Mansfield firms—firms working hard to ensure that all lawyers have a fair and equal opportunity to advance into leadership. Counsel Spotlight highlights partners of all backgrounds, including first-generation college graduates, increasing their visibility and facilitating new connections with in-house counsel, press, and conference organizers.
Over 470 in-house counsel from 150+ companies have already used Counsel Spotlight to expand and diversify their outside counsel network. With 1,100+ partners profiled across 40+ practice areas in the U.S. and Canada, Counsel Spotlight makes finding exceptional outside counsel effortless.
The directory currently includes more than 1,000 partners at Mansfield firms, and additional partners at these firms will be invited to join in the future. Partners in Counsel Spotlight come from all backgrounds and include veterans, first-generation college graduates, women lawyers, lawyers from underrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ lawyers, and lawyers with disabilities.
