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Statement of Purpose
Legal marketers play an ever-growing role in driving and implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives within law firms. To help legal marketers succeed in this important role, the LMA Diversity & Inclusion Committee has curated this resource center to give you one central place to access the most prominent, leading sources of information on diversity and inclusion within the legal industry.
The Committee will continue to add new resources to this center as they become available. If you know of additional resources you believe should be included in this guide, or if you would like to be listed as a trusted advisor, please let us know by contacting Emily Schmitt.
Disclaimer
The following information is meant to educate, inform and empower legal marketers. Inclusion of a resource within this guide is not necessarily an endorsement from LMA or the LMA Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Unless where noted, LMA has no affiliation with the following resources.
Education
EDUCATE YOURSELF
Webinars
LMA Webinars, Book Clubs and Conference Recordings
Articles
Strategies+: Celebrating Pride, Pledging to Be an Ally
Strategies+: 10 Tools and Tips to Help Legal Marketers Advance Diversity and Inclusion
Strategies+: Trendspotting – Diversity and Inclusion
Community
LMA Diversity and Inclusion Shared Interest Group
EDUCATE YOUR TEAM
Legal Industry Diversity and Inclusion Data/Metrics Initiatives
ABA Model Form 113
American Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion 360 Commission
American Lawyer Diversity Scorecard
ChIPs Inclusion Blueprint Survey
CLOC Legal Department Diversity (2018 report)
HRC Best Places to Work
HRC Corporate Equality Index
Law360 Diversity Survey (stems from Law360 400)
Mansfield Initiative
MCCA/Vault Law Firm Diversity Survey
NALP Directory
NAWL Survey
Working Mother
Recruiting & Hiring
HRC Corporate Quality Index
HRC Best Places to Work
10 Eye-opening Best Practice Strategies to Diversity Recruiting
Workplace Diversity Through Recruitment: A Step-by-Step Guide
Office Culture
Understanding Inclusion at the Workplace and Why It’s Important
What Should Inclusion Really Look Like In The Workplace?
Why Companies Need to Remember the “I” in D&I
Speaker Database
Don't forget to utilize the LMA Speaker Database to identify subject matter experts.
Best Practices & Authorities
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AFFINITY BAR ORGANIZATIONS:*
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
LGBT Bar
Minority In-House Counsel Association (MIHCA)
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
National Bar Association (NBA)
South Asian Bar Association of North American (SABA)
*Many of these organizations have sub-groups or chapters.
ORGANIZATIONS WITH DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS PRIMARY MISSION, PURPOSE OR FOCUS:
ABA Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals (ALFDP)
Diversity & Flexibility Alliance
The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP)
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)
Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
Move The Needle Fund
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
Lambda Legal
Diversity and Inclusion Consultants and Speakers
Sourced from the CMO SIG and compiled by Tara Marshall, this comprehensive document includes black-owned and black-led Diversity & Inclusion consultants and speakers. For specific information on the speakers on this list, please see the Diversity & Inclusion SIG discussion board.
Don't forget to utilize the LMA Speaker Database to identify subject matter experts.
Anti-Racism Resources
EDUCATION
Resources
ABA Racial Equality and Justice System Website
Podcasts
Bryan Stevenson’s We Need To Talk About An Injustice
Marlon Peterson’s Am I Not Human?
New York Times 1916
Justice In America
Books
White Fragility
So You Want to Talk About Race
Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth
How to Be Anti-Racist
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America
Articles
Walking While Black
“What is White Supremacy?”
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?”
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us”
How to Talk to Kids About Racial Injustice and Police Brutality
“The Death of George Floyd, In Context,”
Movies/Shows
Remember The Titans
The Hate U Give
Just Mercy
Becoming (Netflix)
When They See Us (Netflix)
13th (Netflix)
All Day and a Night (Netflix)
Dear White People (Netflix)
What Happened Miss Simone? (Netflix)
Let It Fall
Green Book
Webinars
White Privilege: Racism, White Denial & the Cost of Inequality
Deconstructing White Privilege
MENTAL HEALTH / WELLNESS
Resources
Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM)
The Loveland Foundation
Therapy for Black Men
Dr. Ebony’s My Therapy Cards
LGBTQ Psychotherapists of Color Directory
Podcasts
Therapy for Black Girls Podcast
Melanin & Mental Health: Between Sessions Podcast
Articles
Free Online Healing & Grieving Group Sessions
How To Be An Ally in The Fight Against Racial Injustice and For Better Mental Health For All
Downloadable Resource List from The Still Center's Denise Robinson
Access The Still Center's Anti-Racism Resources
SAMPLE ANTI-RACISM STATEMENTS
Sample 1
Racism, bigotry, and hate have no place in our society. [Name of Firm] stands united with the Black community - our colleagues, clients, and community partners - in the fight to end systemic racism and social injustice. We believe that inequitable treatment of our fellow human beings is unacceptable. As one of the oldest law firms in Texas, our response demands that we listen, learn and work for equality. [Name of Firm] condemns and denounces all acts of racism and prejudice. We stand in solidarity and can only progress in unity.
Diversity & Inclusion Special Interest Group (SIG)
Diversity & Inclusion SIG Leaders:
- Rafeedah Keys, Senior Marketing Manager, Perkins Coie
- Gia Altreche, Director of Business Development and Marketing, Newmeyer & Dillion
To contact the SIG leaders, email DiversityInclusion@legalmarketing.org.
The Diversity & Inclusion SIG is a forum for those interested in building diverse and inclusive marketing and business development teams and empowering and equipping other LMA members to do so.
The statistics shared on this page are based on members of the D&I Committee's research of the 2019 Am Law 100 and 200 lists, using firm-reported data made publicly available via firm websites.