MCCA In The News

Ali Haque is a litigator who became a partner at Bricker & Eckler about a year ago. He is a Muslim who has a passion for improving diversity in the legal profession—both internally at the firm and externally through involvement with the American Bar Association, the...

The chance to use your skills to help the community at large is a reward in itself. Liu’s passion for diversity has led him to be involved in the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association for over 20 years. He...

While we should encourage firm leaders to adopt and implement these nine steps, what struck the closest to home were survey results showing the different experiences of men and women lawyers. These results were strikingly similar to those reported in 2018 in a joint...

According to a recent survey completed by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, of nearly 3,000 lawyers, female lawyers are more likely than their male counterparts to be interrupted, to be...

Along with Stacy, the panel entitled “Tech Meets Law: How Big Tech is Diversifying Representation and Promoting Diversity in Law” included Jason Barnwell, assistant general counsel of legal business, operations, and strategy at Microsoft Corp.; Jean Lee, president and...

To achieve these goals and to serve as a model from which others can learn, MTN will leverage the $5 million investment made by the five firms to test evidence-based research such as the bias interrupters from the American Bar Association and the Minority Corporate...

This year, three new prominent members will join David G. Leitch, Global General Counsel, Bank of America Corporation and Jean Lee, President & Chief Legal Officer, Minority Corporate Counsel Association on the Legends in Law Select Committee.

Ann Lee Benedict, N-Gen advisory board chair for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, presents Thompson Coburn Chair Tom Minogue (right) with the 2019 George B. Vashon Innovator Award on Oct. 15 at the association’s annual Creating Pathways to Diversity...

“We’ve done a lot of work and outreach to diverse communities,” said Richardson, a former senior in-house attorney at Sunoco LP who previously served as executive director of the unaffiliated Minority Corporate Counsel Association. She cited the organization’s Women...

The efforts of these schools and organizations are helping numerous underrepresented individuals pursue a legal education and a career. However, for more widespread, systemic change to occur, law firm leaders need to do a better job of prioritizing diversity and...