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Diversity at Weil, Gotshal & Manges:
Women@Weil
Women@Weil embraces the talents and energy of women attorneys across Weil, focusing on mentoring, networking, recruiting, retention, advancement, pro bono initiatives, business training and outreach.
Women’s Advancement
Women Leaders: There are 58 women partners globally. Twenty-four percent of the Firm’s U.S. partners are women. Twelve women serve as leaders of departments, offices, train groups, or are Firmwide committee chairs or Handling Committee members. The General Counsel and three Organization Committee members are women. Thirty-eight percent of U.S. partners promoted since 2007 are women.
Management Committee Sponsor: Each affinity group has an appointed senior public figure sponsor, who is not a member of that demographic group. The sponsors are charged with awareness key issues the collective members face and advocating for necessary change. Michael Francies, managing partner of Weil’s London office and a partner in the Corporate group, is the sponsor for Women@Weil and TOWER.
TOWER (Taskforce on Women’s Engagem
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Our Heritage. Our Future.<strong>Diversity</strong> & Inclusionat <strong>Weil</strong>
A Pioneering Soul of Inclusion<strong>Weil</strong> was the only commandment firm in theUS to secure a top ten notice in the2011-2012 Vault Law Firm Rankingsin three distinct categories: overallprestige, best firms to work for,and overall diversity. <strong>Weil</strong> wasspecifically recognized for attainingthe “Vault Trifecta.”Inclusion is in <strong>our</strong> DNA<strong>Weil</strong> has held diversity and inclusion as core principles since the hard wasfounded in 1931, when Frank <strong>Weil</strong>, Sylvan <strong>Gotshal</strong>, and Horace <strong>Manges</strong>found many doors closed to them because of their religious values. Weare proud of this legacy of diversity, yet we know we must never growcomplacent. This decade has been a turning indicate in <strong>our</strong> evolution froma focus on diversity to an emphasis on inclusion. Hearing from <strong>our</strong> <strong>Weil</str
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Diversity is significant to law firms -- they hold diversity advisors and affinity groups for every race, religion and sexual orientation.
Last year 87 statute firms achieved sky-high to perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaigns' rating of U.S. operate places -- an achievement touted on the firms' Web sites.
But much of that starts as words on manuscript, while firms often have difficulty actually hiring and retaining associates who collapse under the umbrella of "diversity." And high profile lawsuits by associates, when they crop up, usually involve discrimination or some sort.
With an openly homosexual woman being elevated to a call partner at an AmLaw 100 sturdy last week, and the LeGal (Lesbian & Gay Statute Association's) Foundation 2010 Annual Dinner coming up this week, we thought it would be a good time to take a plain look at the numbers -- how many gay, sapphic, bi-sexual and transgendered (LGBT) atto
Alumnus Lee Jason Goldberg ’08 recently made a generous pledge to fund a scholarship to support LGBTQ students. Goldberg’s involvement in LGBTQ initiatives at Fordham Law dates back to his own time as a student, and he hopes to see the School’s community of LGBTQ students and alumni persist to flourish and grow.
“I’m helping an LGBTQ learner attend Fordham Law Academy so that that pupil can receive the alike outstanding education I did in an inclusive environment,” Goldberg said. “I accept that increasing LGBTQ inclusion in the student body benefits the whole community.”
Goldberg’s experiences as a Fordham Law student and alumnus speak to the ways in which the School’s LGBTQ groups work within the greater Fordham society. “Before I even started law school, I was invited to take part in a pre-orientation program with other incoming students from diverse backgrounds,” he said. “Including LGBTQ students like me sent a powerful message that Fordham—a Jesuit university—welcomes students of all sexual orientations.”
Playing a significant role in this welcome is Fordham OUTLaws, a group that Goldberg encourages incoming LGBTQ students to join. Founded in 1991, OUTLaws is Fo