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Katrina Jones

1 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read

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Cheers to @DiversityLabCo for pushing firms to "do hard things," and tie pay to progress in DEI. reuters.com/legal/legalind…

"Diversity Lab unveiled a new round of commitments from law firms including a public pledge from one firm, Baker Botts, to link practice group leader or partner compensation to diversity and inclusion."

"The goal Baker Botts has publicly pledged to meet requires that firms link compensation to D&I by "materially impacting" pay if the partners or leaders meet or fall short of certain diversity subgoals."

"These subgoals include staffing most client pitches and matter teams with at least 50% diverse lawyers, sharing equal origination credit with diverse partners, and retaining diverse lawyers and non-diverse lawyers at the same rate."

"'As we have talked about this internally for a few years, it became clear that the only way to really drive behavioral change among our partnership is to really look at the compensation piece,' said Christa Brown-Sanford, co-chair of the firm's diversity & inclusion committee."

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Allyship, especially in service of increasing diversity and making orgs more equitable and inclusive, must anchor to humility

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