The ABA committee standardized the survey and encouraged companies to use it to evaluate and compare law firms, she adds. 'We wanted to increase the number of diverse attorneys and help remediate the issues of implicit bias,' Letts says. The ABA launched its program after a commission co-chaired by Zuber Lawler partner Eileen Letts analyzed the shortfall of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Marulanda notes that many firms prefer to pursue their own DEI initiatives. A Kirkland spokeswoman said in a statement, 'Our firm's values and collective emphasis on DEI have resulted in an expanding group of senior women and diverse attorneys serving our clients in leadership roles at our firm and in boardrooms and courtrooms every day.' One notable exception is Kirkland & Ellis, the city's largest practice, with nearly 3,000 attorneys worldwide. Twenty of the 25 largest Chicago law firms participate in the Mansfield Rule. That's how you create sustainable change.' The organization says its earliest adopters have grown the racial and ethnic diversity of their management committees at 30 times the rate of other firms. Marulanda of Diversity Lab says that in stressing consideration, 'we're focusing on changing the process on how these decisions get made. Organizations that were already diverse continue to be, and the ones that were not, even with rule instituted, were unlikely to change, she wrote.

Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores learned he had been passed over for a head coaching job even before he had a chance to be interviewed and is suing the NFL.ДЄ recent study by behavioral and data scientist Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio found that the Mansfield Rule has had no effect. The program is modeled after the Rooney Rule in the National Football League, which has been criticized as window dressing. The Mansfield approach draws criticism because law firms are only required to consider diverse applicants. The names of participating firms are published. Each year is a new iteration with added requirements, she says. Under the Mansfield program, firms sign up for a 12-month collaboration and are required to track and document their candidate pools for leadership roles, including promotion to equity partner and senior-level lateral hires, says Mansfield Rule Director Natalia Marulanda.

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