Knowledge Archive - Page 5 of 6 - Diversity Lab

In its efforts to help women lawyers reenter the profession, Diversity Lab’s OnRamp Fellowship addresses the intersectionality of gender, age, and ethnicity or race for women’s representation in the law.

Former Reed Smith DEI leader John Iino, Penn Law’s Jim Sandman, and Diversity Lab CEO Caren Ulrich Stacy share data on Mansfield’s promising progress in delivering positive culture and structural changes in law firm leadership.

Researchers from two universities say data science backs the need for DEIA innovation and measurement, leveraging Mansfield as a prime example. Finding that Mansfield early-adopter firms roughly double the rate at which gender and racial representation is improving in their...

Built-in structural issues can cause relatively diversified annual junior intakes to experience alarming dropout rates further down the line.

An interview with Caren Ulrich Stacy, the founder and CEO of the Diversity Lab, about how behavioral science and design thinking can cultivate diversity and inclusion in legal organizations.

In collaboration with Diversity Lab, Nixon Peabody designed the “Mansfield Rule for Workflow” (MRW), a “bias interrupter” to help the firm’s leaders create a more inclusive culture related to staffing teams and furthering associates’ career development.

Despite some progress, the legal profession continues to struggle with diversity and inclusion.

About 70 midsize firms qualified for Diversity Lab's midsize Mansfield Certification in the program's second iteration. Leaders at recently qualified firms said the program pushed them to formalize talent management solutions.

An interview with Caren Ulrich Stacy, founder and CEO of Diversity Lab, and Alyssa Jarvis, senior Mansfield manager, explores the behavioral approach to driving change in the legal industry.

Partners from Seyfarth share their insights on the recent SCOTUS affirmative action decisions and how organizations can continue with DEI efforts in the current climate.