Another Pa.-Born Am Law 100 Firm Launches DEI Credit for Billable Hours | The Legal Intelligencer - Law.com
What You Need to Know
- Fox Rothschild is offering diversity credits equal to 50 billable hours per year to attorneys who engage in a wide range of activities.
- Firm leadership intends to use the program to ensure at least 30% of the candidate pool for leadership roles and equity partnership promotion are women, lawyers of color, lawyers with disabilities or LGBTQ+.
- Several firms in the Am Law 200 have announced similar programs, including K&L Gates and Reed Smith.
Attorneys at Fox Rothschild can now earn credit for up to 50 billable hours each fiscal year for engaging in professional development and volunteer programs that “advance diversity, equity and inclusion” in the legal profession.
Leaders of the 875-lawyer firm Wednesday said the program is intended to ensure at least 30% of those considered for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions, formal client pitch opportunities and senior lateral positions are women, lawyers of color, LGBTQ+ lawyers and lawyers with disabilities—this is the standard set by Diversity Lab’s Mansfield program, which Fox Rothschild joined in May. Diversity credits are in addition to billable hours available through pro bono work, firm leaders said.
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source: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2021/10/27/another-pa-born-am-law-100-firm-launches-dei-credit-for-billable-hours/
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