April 13, 2022

LCLD Diversity News Digest

Customized for LCLD Members and Diversity Professionals, this weekly digest brings the latest, most relevant headlines straight to your inbox each Wednesday. Scroll down for thought-provoking articles about LCLD organizations, diversity in the legal profession, leadership and talent development, and the society we live in and serve.

On the Need for Equity in America

Judge Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Adds Diversity, Ends Idea of ‘Black Seat’

With the addition of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, white men are no longer in the majority on the Supreme Court.  USA Today

Doris Derby, Civil Rights Era Photographer, Dies at 82

“I had a quest to show what the average person was doing,” the activist and artist once said. “I had a quest to show our culture in total, not just a little bit, or negative stereotypes.”  The New York Times

DEI Development

Even Diverse Organizations Can Do Better

How one company reversed the “JEDI” (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) model, establishing inclusion and belonging as the foundation of a truly just organization.  Forbes

Young Lawyers Explain How Law Firms Can Fix Their Culture

“Firms need to reshape their view that culture is separate from profitability,” the Young Lawyer Editorial Board writes. Here’s how to get started.  The American Lawyer

Should DEI Include Age? Only 8% of Companies Include ‘Age’ as Part of Strategy

For the first time in history, there are five generations in the workforce simultaneously; here’s how companies are turning this tension into opportunities for mutual understanding.  Everything Zoomer

LCLD Leads on DE&I

A Commitment to Advancing DEI

“Accenture’s ambition is to be the most inclusive and diverse company in the world,” says office managing director Martin Hodgett, “and we are accelerating a culture of equality to ensure all our people feel they belong and can advance and thrive.”  Los Angeles Business Journal

Finding My Way: A Journey to the First Chair as an LGBTQ+ Partner of Color

Mintz partner Suman Chakraborty shares his encounters with bias and overcoming self-doubt when it comes to what a lawyer “should” look like.  New York Law Journal

Leading for Tomorrow

Building Tough People through Compassionate Leadership (In Crisis and Beyond)

“Not to be mistaken for sympathy or pity,” compassionate leadership is “far from an overly ‘soft’ approach at the expense of the task. Quite the opposite,” writes business psychologist Alex Lazarus; “compassion shows that actions speak louder than words.”  Corporate Counsel

Reimagining the Workplace

To Retain Employees, Support Their Passions Outside Work

Given longstanding expectations that a “good” employee dedicates their time and energy to work and work alone, embracing personal passions requires a major mindset shift—and explicit endorsement from leaders who help set these standards.  Harvard Business Review

Last week, David Dekker (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) and Heidi Christianson (Nilan Johnson Lewis PA) stepped to the Front and published their Leader Pledges.

As a reminder, LCLD Members must submit a Leader’s Pledge by June 1 to remain engaged with LCLD. The final Members-only Virtual Leadership Summit, hosted in partnership with Harvard Law School, will take place on April 19. Space is limited, so register here today! 

See the full list of LCLD Members who have made their commitments public here, and learn more about how you can join the movement here.

If you have questions about the Leaders at the Front initiative, please contact Caitlin Puffenberger, LCLD Member Programs and Communications Manager.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Members & Diversity Professionals

APR. 19   |    11–2 pm ET   ||   Members ONLY
LCLD Leadership Summit: Virtual
Space is limited, so register here today!

APR. 26   |    1 pm ET   ||   Members + LCLD community
Language of Leadership Series with Richard Verma (Mastercard)
Click here to view all scheduled Language of Leadership webinars.

APR. 27   |    2–3 pm ET   ||   Diversity Professionals
Diversity Professionals' Virtual Meeting: April 2022
Register here.

APR. 30   ||   Diversity Professionals
2022 1L Scholar Registration Closes
Register each of your 1L Scholar summer interns here.

MAY 2   |    12 pm ET   ||   Members + Diversity Professionals
Leaders at the Front Office Hours
Register here for answers to all your LATF questions leading up to the June 1 deadline.

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