No images? Click here — Arab American History Month — April 3, 2024 On the Need for Equity in AmericaCelebrating Arab American Resilience and DiversityARAB AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH Here are 10 suggested DEI activities and best practices for celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month this April. Arab America Foundation Law Firms Boost Diversity Defenses After BacklashDEI SUPPORT 2018 Fellow Nikia Gray, NALP Executive Director — as well as LCLD Diversity Pros Yusuf Zakir of DWT, Alexis Robertson of Foley & Lardner, and Virginia Essandoh of Ballard Spahr — respond to recent shifts in Big Law’s DEI strategies. Bloomberg Law The Colorblind Campaign to Undo Civil Rights ProgressDEI SUPPORT Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of The 1619 Project, argues that anti-DEI groups have “co-opted both the rhetoric of colorblindness and the legal legacy of Black activism not to advance racial progress, but to stall it. Or worse, reverse it.” The New York Times Magazine DEI Support & StrategyUsing AI to Improve DEI Outcomes in the WorkplaceDEI STRATEGY Faegre Drinker partner Erika Collins suggests several opportunities for AI to support DEI goals and initiatives, from accessibility to bias detection. New York Law Journal 5 Tips for Law Firms to Incorporate DEI Best Practices in 2024DEI STRATEGY These five tips each include a set of action steps to help your firm apply a data-substantiated approach to enhancing DEI. ABA Journal Diverse Teams Thrive with Four Elements of BelongingSYSTEMS & PROCESSES Organizational psychology professor Ludmila N. Praslova explains how to better support neurodiverse employees and the myriad benefits of developing systems that are “deeply and holistically inclusive — in ways that people can experience and sense with their entire being.” MIT Sloan Management Review What Demographics Forms Say About Inclusivity at Your CompanySYSTEMS & PROCESSES Recent research shows how identity omission can have major implications for members of minority groups. Here are two low-risk, low-cost suggestions for boosting language inclusivity at your organization. Harvard Business Review Podcast | Promoting ‘Comfortable Diversity’ Can Impact Firms’ Bottom LinesINCLUSIVE CULTURE “A business only benefits from diversity when people are comfortable in that environment... so that the company can develop and maximize all the talent there,” said lawyer Chanel T. Rowe of Johnson & Johnson. “And that’s when things really start to impact your bottom line.” Corporate Counsel Legal Speak Podcast LCLD Leads on DEIHow Amazon’s Legal Team Has Built a Global Pro Bono ProgramCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS “One of the most inspiring things about our program is the way that we’ve been able to export it around the world, and it looks different in different parts of the world,” said David Zapolsky, GC of Amazon. Legal Dive Anti-DEI Advocacy Groups Have a New Target: Minority-Focused Grant ProgramsDEI STRATEGY 2020 Pathfinder Marcus Childress of Jenner & Block co-authored a guest column examining recent anti-DEI efforts from higher education to corporate diversity — and what to expect next. Daily Journal America’s Top 200 Lawyers 2024INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP Yvette Ostolaza of Sidley Austin was profiled in Forbes as one of this year’s top lawyers. Other LCLD Members recognized include David Boies and Sigrid McCawley of Boies Schiller Flexner, Michele Connell of Squire Patton Boggs, Doug Gibson of Covington & Burling, Adam Hakki of Shearman & Sterling, Deborah Read of Thompson Hine, William Savitt of Wachtell, and Jennifer Selendy of Selendy Gay. Forbes Top 10 Companies for Diversity & InclusionINCLUSIVE CULTURE Accenture, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Mastercard, and Procter & Gamble were recognized for their leadership in DEI. Corporate Counsel Leading for TomorrowGeneral Counsel Who Don’t Embrace Artificial Intelligence Will Eventually Be ReplacedSYSTEMS & PROCESSES Two Major, Lindsey & Africa directors detail the tangible benefits of generative AI for in-house teams and how GCs can balance the risks and rewards associated with this rapidly developing technology. Legal Tech News The ABCs of Leadership: A Simple but Powerful RoadmapINCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP Cut through the noise of leadership advice with these 26 core qualities, from A to Z. Inc. Magazine for LCLD Members & Diversity ProfessionalsAPRIL 16 @ 1:00 PM ET | LCLD Members & Diversity Professionals | virtual Leaders at the Front: Better Than Before (Part 2)
APRIL 17 @ 2:00 PM ET | Diversity Professionals | virtual Diversity Professionals’ Virtual Meeting: April 2024
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