Disability Inclusion Commitments
Fostering a Culture of Inclusion for People with Disabilities
21% of individuals in the U.S. workforce identify as having a disability, but only 1.4% of lawyers in law firms do so. The gap between the overall workforce and law firms is likely due to a number of reasons, including that disability inclusivity is often overlooked or overshadowed in broad organizational diversity efforts. To increase the focus on this important underrepresented group of amazing talent, the Diversity Lab Disability Inclusion Advisory Group — including world-renowned advocates and leaders — leveraged their insights and experiences to create a list of 10 actions that law firms, legal departments, and other organizations can take to increase inclusion and equitable access to opportunities for disabled individuals in the legal profession. The list of actions, the law firms committed to this effort, and knowledge sharing webinar links follow.
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Disability Inclusion Actions
Law Firms Committed to Disability Inclusion
- Allen & Overy (US and UK)
- ArentFox Schiff
- Baker Botts
- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
- Baker McKenzie
- Ballard Spahr
- Barnes & Thornburg
- Brown & James
- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (US and UK)
- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
- Carter Ledyard & Milburn
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell
- Chapman and Cutler
- Clifford Chance (US and UK)
- Clyde & Co
- Cooley
- Covington & Burling
- Cozen O’Connor
- Crowell & Moring
- Davis+Gilbert
- Dechert
- Dentons (US)
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Duane Morris
- Epstein Becker & Green
- Eversheds Sutherland (US)
- Finn Dixon & Herling
- Fish & Richardson
- Fox Rothschild
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (US and UK)
- Frost Brown Todd
- Greenberg Traurig
- Goodwin Procter
- Hahn Loeser & Parks
- Hall Render
- Hanson Bridgett
- Harter Secrest & Emery
- Hogan Lovells
- Holland & Hart
- Holland & Knight
- Ivins, Phillips & Barker
- Jackson Lewis
- Kaufman Dolowich
- Kennedys (US and UK)
- Klinedinst
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
- Lathrop GPM
- Lewis Brisbois
- Lewis Roca
- Littler
- Locke Lord
- Loeb & Loeb
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Mayer Brown (US and International)
- McAndrews, Held & Malloy
- McCarter & English
- Miller Nash
- Mintz
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Morrison Foerster
- Much Shelist
- Neal Gerber Eisenberg
- Nelson Mullins
- Nixon Peabody
- Nossaman
- O’Hagan Meyer
- Ogletree Deakins
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Perkins Coie
- Reed Smith
- Robinson+Cole
- Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard
- Saul Ewing
- Seyfarth Shaw
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
- Stoel Rives
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Tiber Hudson
- Troutman Pepper
- Tucker Ellis
- Ulmer & Berne
- Venable
- Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout
- Wilkinson Barker Knauer
- WilmerHale
- Winston & Strawn
- Womble Bond Dickinson (US)
Knowledge Sharing Webinars
Disability Inclusion I: Introduction to Language, Definitions & Self Identification
Panelists: David Cross, Partner and Chair of the Antitrust Litigation Practice at Morrison Foerster; Janice Ta, Partner at Perkins Coie; and Kareem Dale, Director & Senior Counsel at Discover Financial Services and Former Top Advisor to President Obama on Disability Policy at the White House Disability Inclusion I Transcript PDF
Disability Inclusion II: Removing Physical and Digital Barriers to Accessibility
Panelists: Chris Fawcett, Clifford Chance Inclusion Manager and UK Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network Advisory Committee Member, Geoff Freed, Director, Digital Accessibility Consulting at Perkins Access, Michael Hatcher, Sidley Partner and Diversity Lab Disability Inclusion Advisory Group Member, and Kate Strickland, Harvard Law School Student and Harvard Disabled Law Students Association Board Member Disability Inclusion II Transcript PDF
Disability Inclusion III: Establishing Affinity Groups and Programming
Panelists:TBC Disability Inclusion III Transcript PDF
Disability Inclusion IV: Implementing a Centralized Accommodations Program
Panelists: Loren Gesinksy, Seyfarth Shaw, Labor & Employment Partner, Helen Ouseley, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing and Carlos Terrazas, McDonald’s Corporation, Global Disability Inclusion Manager Disability Inclusion IV Transcript PDF
Disability Inclusion V: Combining Professional Development and Neurodiversity
Panelists: TBC Disability Inclusion V Transcript PDF