Mansfield Client Forums

Bringing recently promoted partners at Mansfield Certified law firms and legal department leaders together to build new connections.

Building a Community, Creating Connections

The Mansfield Client Forums bring together newly promoted partners from Mansfield Certified law firms and in-house counsel teams for a day of robust learning and relationship-building. The Forums provide a unique opportunity for legal department leaders and law firm partners to meet, share insights, develop connections, and foster new business relationships — all while advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession.

Impact Highlights

600+

partners and legal department leaders attended the Client Forums in 2023.

100+

legal departments to date have contributed to or hosted Client Forums.

$3–5M

in new or expanded work has flowed to lawyers and others as a result of the Forums.

Purpose

The forums create an opportunity for newly promoted partners at Mansfield Certified firms to connect with and learn from influential legal departments at Fortune 1000 companies.

Process

During a day of learning and structured networking, legal department leaders from companies like US Bank, McDonald’s, and Netflix share the inside scoop on their current priorities, legal needs, and why they value inclusion. Newly promoted partners from Mansfield Certified firms learn valuable insights they can share with their law firm teams, and have the opportunity to meet and learn directly from legal department leaders during small group networking sessions.

Proof

Past law firm attendees have acquired helpful insights, new business, and new relationships as a result of connections that began at the Client Forums. Legal Departments have also connected to talented counsel, as well as with their peers who value inclusion in the legal field.

Here’s what past participants have said:

This is a fantastic program and an incredible opportunity to truly engage (personally and professionally) with decision-makers. I truly am grateful for having had the opportunity.

This was an amazing event. The split between the practical (and oh-so-valuable) advice for outside counsel and networking was spot on. Certainly, the most worthwhile networking event I’ve ever been to.

The Client Forum and related training made me feel valued and supported as an attorney, a person, and a future rainmaker.

I appreciated the opportunity to hear from and connect with inside counsel from a plethora of companies. I loved hearing about their experiences, aims for DEI, and practice tips.

Participants

In 2024, 600+ partners and in-house counsel attended the Client Forums. To date, 100+ legal departments have contributed to or hosted Client Forums, including:

3M
Accenture
American Express
Amtrak
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
Bridgestone Americas
CDW
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Corning
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
DaVita
Gap Inc.
Google

HP Inc.
KPMG
McDonald’s Corporation
Netflix
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pfizer
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
SurveyMonkey
Target Corporation
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
U.S. Bank
US Foods
Verizon
Walgreen Co

LEARN MORE ABOUT MANSFIELD CLIENT FORUMS

If you wish to attend, contribute to, host or learn more about the Client Forums, please reach out.

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