We are a team of talent experts, data scientists, and behavioral science scholars, including several former practicing lawyers, who architect and innovate processes, practices, and structures that ignite collective movements of systemic change across the legal profession (and beyond) to create more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplaces.
We rely on our collaborators — law firms and legal departments — who aren’t afraid of the hard work and imperfections that accompany experiments and measurement of outcomes. Together, we innovate with impact to create and sustain long-term change. Structural issues require structural solutions that persist and thrive despite marketplace challenges, leadership changes, and other headwinds.
Whatever we call ourselves — an idea incubator, an experiment builder, an innovation machine — one thing is clear: We are a one-of-a-kind laboratory that cultivates more inclusive and equitable workplaces in law and beyond. Through collaboration with 450+ top law firms and corporate counsel across the country, we leverage data and behavioral science to further develop and test the ideas, measure the results, iterate, and share the lessons learned. Our impact is proven.
Why the primary focus on law? Lawyers play an outsized leadership role in the world. They often rise to rule governments, boardrooms, courtrooms, sports commissions, media, and more.
Our pitch competitions are among our most vibrant product incubators, generating innovative ideas and solutions to boost the retention and advancement of women in the legal sphere, and tackling the industry’s toughest diversity and inclusion challenges.
Our dedicated team demonstrates perseverance and grit daily along with a deep passion and enthusiasm for our mission, work, and clients. After all, we know change is hard, so we infuse everything we do with a dose of fun and pinch of humor.
Founder & CEO
President, Inclusive Talent Systems
President of Growth, Operations & Impact
Vice President of Innovation & AI
Head of Global Innovations
Mansfield Rule & Knowledge Sharing Senior Director
Director of Mansfield & Strategic Innovations
Mansfield Rule & Knowledge Sharing Manager
Mansfield Rule & Knowledge Sharing Manager
Director of Legal Department & Law Firm Integration
Director of Inclusion Innovations
Head of Project Management & Outcomes
Director of Data Management, Analytics & Reporting
Chief Data Scientist
Data Analytics Specialist
Senior Director of Operations & Talent Development
Head of Community & Engagement
Communications & Engagement Manager
Administrative Coordinator
Ontrack Sponsorship Lead Coach
Senior Business & Policy Advisor
Our team at Diversity Lab is guided and advised by some of the leading minds in law who care deeply about cultivating a diverse, inclusive and equitable legal profession.
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, U.S. Bancorp
General Counsel and Managing Director, Vanguard
Partner, Morrison Foerster, Litigation Chair, & 1st Place Team at 2018 Diversity in Law Hackathon, Morrison Foerster
Chair of the Executive Committee & Los Angeles Partner-in-Charge, Davis Wright Tremaine
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, ConEdison, Inc.
Chief Legal Innovation Counsel, Marsh McLennan
Chief Diversity Officer, White & Case LLP
Head of Privacy, Apple
Chair of the Firm, Morgan Lewis
Partner, International Commercial and IP Tech, Member of Executive Committee, Baker McKenzie
Director and Senior Counsel, Discover Financial Services
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Ogletree Deakins
Chief Legal and Ethics and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cargill
SVP and Chief Legal Officer, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Labor & Employment Chair, ESG Chair & Executive Committee, Reed Smith
Contact us if you are a law firm or legal department leader who is willing to invest in systemic change to diversify your workplace.
