September 21, 2021
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LCLD To Require Law Firm And GC Members To Make Public, Measurable Diversity Pledges | The American Lawyer - The American Lawyer

Diversity
Diversity and inclusion

What You Need to Know

  • The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity says that those who want to remain members must make public pledges to improve diversity.
  • The pledges must include specific actions that organizations and their leaders will take.
  • The organization hopes that by making public goals, members will be held more accountable.

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) is requiring that its roughly 350 members each make public pledges that include “specific, measurable actions” on diversity to remain a member of the organization—an effort to hold the law firms and legal departments that make up the organization publicly accountable going forward.

“While there is still plenty of work to be done, these public commitments represent a critical step in dismantling the systemic barriers that have long impeded the progression of underrepresented lawyers,” said Robert Grey, president of LCLD. “We thank those who are holding themselves and their organizations accountable to shaping a better, more diverse legal profession.”

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source: https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2021/09/21/lcld-to-require-law-firm-and-gc-members-to-make-public-measurable-diversity-pledges/

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