Dewey & LeBoeuf has called on general counsel to give greater consideration to firms that can offer diverse teams of partners, reports The New York Law Journal. The firm has sent letters to senior in-house lawyers encouraging them to give more work to external advisers that are able to field diverse teams, with the aim of helping female, minority and gay partners to develop their client bases. In the letter, Dewey encourages clients to "consider taking diversity into account on a more systematic basis when retaining outside counsel."
August 24, 2010 at 09:49 AM
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Dewey & LeBoeuf has called on general counsel to give greater consideration to firms that can offer diverse teams of partners, reports The New York Law Journal.
The firm has sent letters to senior in-house lawyers encouraging them to give more work to external advisers that are able to field diverse teams, with the aim of helping female, minority and gay partners to develop their client bases.
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