Gender Diversity in Law Firms
Gender diversity in law firms positively impacts law firm success, research by Acritas and Thomson Reuters shows, with gender diverse teams in law firms achieving
Gender diversity in law firms positively impacts law firm success, research by Acritas and Thomson Reuters shows, with gender diverse teams in law firms achieving
Susie Beaumont and Craig Allwright – both in-house lawyers at the OLX Group – inspire us with their approach towards Diversity & Inclusion. “We regard D&I as a “business imperative” that needs to be at the heart of everything we do.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Isabelle Deschamps on the importance of D&I: “We need to make improvements every single day.”
Few professions are currently in a better place to change the world when it comes to the pursuit of equality than the legal profession.
Contribution by Randstad Global Legal
After exploring the theory around D&I for some time, the in-house legal team at Randstad Global wanted to go beyond the policy on paper. They felt it was time to put D&I in practice. Randstad Global Legal offered Hamza Enes Kaya, a Turkish lawyer and political refugee in the Netherlands, an internship within their department.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Lamin Khadar is passionate about the idea of combining pro bono with inclusion and diversity efforts.
In times of crisis we need to double down on D&I efforts. We can learn in this respect from the U.S. Bank’s legal ops team under the leadership of General Counsel Jim Chosy.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Natalie Runyon has a deep belief in inclusion and fairness as an ally to women, people of color, individuals identifying as LGBTQ, and disabilities, among others.
One of the reasons that women have not advanced in equal pay, parental leave, and equitable hiring and promotion is because women have lacked male allies in the workplace. Male allyship is critical in the evolution of gender equality programs in the workplace. A new research report on allyship by future legal leaders was recently released.
This International Women’s Day, UN Women and Netflix are partnering to celebrate the stories that have inspired the women who inspire us.
