Diversity Lab built the Directory 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 lawyers from Mansfield firms.
unique individual log-ins by legal department leaders and others since the launch of the Directory.
different companies have used the Directory to search for and locate outside counsel.
partners from more than 200 firms will soon be profiled in the Directory.
Unequal access to career advancement opportunities is often cited as one of the top reasons lawyers leave law firms. Multiple studies have also shown that it is a contributing factor in pay gaps. Research also bears out that historically underrepresented lawyers are more likely to lack equal access to career advancement opportunities than their majority counterparts.
The Diverse Leadership Directory was created to help level the playing field and equalize access to career-enhancing opportunities for all partners — including first-generation college graduates, veterans, and historically underrepresented partners — by increasing their visibility and facilitating new connections with in-house counsel, press, and conference organizers.
Diversity Lab tracks Directory usage to assess whether it measurably improves access to historically underrepresented lawyers at law firms that have made a long-term commitment to creating diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplaces. Diversity Lab will report on the outcomes and metrics so everyone can learn from this collective effort.
The Directory includes 250+ underrepresented partners from the Move the Needle Fund firms. It is now being expanded to profile 2,000+ recently promoted and hired partners from 300+ US and Canadian Mansfield firms. It will also include partners from firm Disability Inclusion Affinity Groups.
