Knowledge Archive - Page 7 of 8 - Diversity Lab

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.

After the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, leaders might be concerned that their DEI initiatives will face additional scrutiny and legal challenges. While reducing liability is a responsible move, don’t succumb to a fear-driven abandonment of effective DEI practices.

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions was not unexpected, it nonetheless appears to have given enlightened leaders in the legal and broader business community reason for pause, if not panic. It shouldn’t.

Focus your DEI program on interrupting the bias that’s constantly transmitted through basic business systems. It’s the most effective approach to building an inclusive environment and controlling for legal risk.

Going through life masking to fit in can be exhausting and lead to burn out. Learning to believe the way you are is the right way to be can unlock your power and potential. Courtney Munnings, Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule...