When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t, Harvard Business Review, June 1, 2023
While anonymous hiring is generally effective, there are situations where it can fail to help you diversify your candidate pool.
Why Settle for Cookie-Cutter People and Culture Practices?, Stanford Social Innovation Review, June 20, 2023
Six ideas that could help organizations improve hiring, performance, equity, and more.
New EEOC Strategic Playbook Sharpens Focus on Systemic Bias, Bloomberg, August 22, 2023
The new strategic plan for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is eliminating barriers to employment.
Counsel Spotlight
Counsel Spotlight We invite legal departments, press, and conference organizers to expand their network of law firm partners. The Counsel Spotlight focuses on equal treatment, equal opportunity, and equal access. Connect with Talented Law Firm Partners for Speaking Opportunities, Press Quotes, and Outside Counsel Support Diversity Lab designed Counsel Spotlight in collaboration with law firms […]
Knowledge Sharing
Resources Diversity Lab and our partners remain committed to advancing inclusivity across the legal industry to create a fair and equitable work environment for all. Knowledge Sharing is a resource hub that provides extensive information on our pilots and innovations as well as crucial matters of workplace equality and pertinent obstacles and challenges. We will […]
Activating ideas for equitable solutions
Hackathons Activating Ideas for Equitable Solutions A Launch Pad for Ideas that Elevate Fairness Our Shark Tank-style pitch competition, Hackathons give legal innovators a chance to explore approaches to promote equality in the field. The winning ideas are then further developed and piloted by Diversity Lab in partnership with the participating Hackathon organizations. Our Hackathons […]
Programs in the pipeline
PILOTS IN THE PIPELINE PROGRAMS IN THE PIPELINE We continue to innovate to bring fairness and equality to the legal profession. Below are a few of our recently launched and upcoming pilots. Inclusive Habits: Launched in February 2025 Inclusive Leadership Habits helps leaders cultivate inclusive cultures through intentional, repeatable actions. This pilot program offers lawyers […]
Move the Needle Fund
Move the Needle Fund A collaborative lab for disrupting bias through data and science. Moving the Needle Further, Faster, Together Several law firms and legal departments worked with Diversity Lab over five years — from January 2020 through December 2024 — to explore ways to boost inclusivity in the legal profession. This first-of-its-kind fund pooled […]