The Diversity Committee manages the Firm’s diversity efforts. The Diversity Committee is chaired by Victoria B. Bjorklund, a department chair who has mentored dozens of women and minority lawyers, and John W. Carr, a senior corporate partner and the ranking Black partner at the Firm. The Diversity Committee is composed of 27 members, including partners who are Black, Asian, Latino, and openly gay and lesbian. Two members of the Firm’s Executive Committee are committee members, to ensure full participation of the Firm’s senior leadership in our diversity efforts. Natalia Martín, a former Associate Dean at Yale Law School and the Firm’s Director of Diversity, is a member of the Diversity Committee and works with attorneys throughout the Firm on diversity initiatives.  An associate advisory counsel provides input to the Committee's diversity efforts.

While the Firm believes that diversity must be promoted every day at work through the development of individual attorneys, the Firm also offers several programs aimed at the fostering of mentoring relationships, and the creation of an inclusive community,

Diversity Mentoring Program.
The Diversity Committee manages a Diversity Mentoring Program through which approximately 50 partners and counsel serve as mentors to minority lawyers who opt to participate in this program. Diversity mentors are tasked with informally monitoring the career progress of one or two associate mentees. Diversity mentors and mentees may work together on cases or deals, or may have less formal contact. Diversity mentors are available to serve as a resource and sounding board for diversity associates’ workplace concerns and questions. We believe that this program enables us to provide a better work experience for participants, and we view it as a unique opportunity to learn from our diverse associates about issues of importance to them.

Affinity Groups.
The Firm actively supports activities designed to foster support networks for lawyers with communities of interest within the firm, including Black, Asian and Asian-American, Latino/a, and LGBT lawyers. Our Women’s Committee also coordinates events for women lawyers at the Firm.

The Diversity Committee's Perspectives lecture series and The Firm's quarterly women's lunches give attorneys the opportunity to openly discuss diversity-related topics on a regular basis.