Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession

During 2022, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal profession presented numerous educational programs including (1) from financial services green to dei gold: dei in the financial services industry, an unprecedented roundtable discussion with the leaders from finra, nasdaq, and cboe; (2) a virtual summit on iilp's new report, "diverse outside counsel: who's getting the business? ", that revealed the first hard data on corporate diversity spend and ask lawyers from large law firms, diverse-owned firms, and corporate law departments to comment on what they think the findings mean for the profession's dei efforts, what any next steps ought to be, and, ultimately, who's responsible; and (3) from imagery to reality: the heroine in literature, life, law, and the Legal profession, that explored how the absence of heroines from our understanding of myths and stories has contributed to the spread and perpetuation of biases by, and about women, reinforcing many of the barriers and obstacles that women encounter in their Legal careers. Iilp also held a four-part uk/us dei roundtable series, a transatlantic sharing of dei ideas between the law society of england and wales and iilp that examined the similarities, differences, and ideas or strategies on four topics: disability diversity, metrics, inclusive leadership, and race.

in response to demand, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal profession continued to take on discrete consulting work to help Legal organizations become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

During 2022, the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal profession completed two important new research studies, diverse outside counsel: who's getting the business? And understanding and assessing the use of minority- and women-owned law firms by corporate clients and distributed the reports arising from these research projects.

the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal profession's ceo and coo were invited to speak to, and otherwise collaborate with, more than 30 external organizations, including bar associations, nonprofits, law schools, law firms, and law departments to advance shared goals for greater dei in the Legal profession.