Megan Doberneck, general counsel, Vodafone Americas Legal Business Maternity policy is a conversation that has been around for decades; the problem statement is our most valuable resource is…
Genius Legal Business In May 2016, over dinner with Genius general counsel Ben Gross, the subject of the GC Diversity and Inclusion Report…
Tom LaFrance, general counsel, GE Transportation Legal Business The idea for the Denniston Fellowship originated from my own frustrations with other diversity and inclusion initiatives. We participated in…
Jean Lee, CEO, Minority Corporate Counsel Association Legal Business Reflecting on the MCCA’s 20th anniversary, I do think there has been a significant shift in the last 20 years.…
Jackie LiCalzi, managing director and global head of regulatory relations group, Morgan Stanley Legal Business There are two perspectives for me with regards to sponsorship, firstly as a prior beneficiary of sponsorship and secondly, as…
Olga Mack, CEO, ClearSlide Legal Business In startups and small private companies, promoting diversity doesn’t require a formal policy or structure. Diversity initiatives can take inspiration…
Michele Mayes, general counsel, New York Public Library Legal Business There has been a fair amount of experimentation and implementation initiatives following former Sara Lee GC Rick Palmore’s call to…
Tim Murphy, general counsel, Mastercard Legal Business I have responsibility for global diversity for Mastercard. Our chief diversity officer reports to me, along with a team of…
Karen Roberts, general counsel, Walmart Legal Business Business wins when we welcome and embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
Joel Stern, CEO, NAMWOLF Legal Business When I was at Accenture, I managed all of our global outside counsel spend as well as our diversity and…
Caroline Tsai, deputy general counsel, BMO Legal Business BMO has a long history as a champion of diversity and inclusion – it’s a core value and a key…
Amy Weaver, general counsel, Salesforce Legal Business I think it’s absolutely critical for a company to embrace diversity and inclusion. At Salesforce, we operate in a very…
By the numbers: diversity in the US Legal Business To assemble an informed and representative perspective of the legal sector, our quantitative research went beyond considering purely the most…
Shaping diversity: part one Legal Business It’s no secret that the United States takes diversity very seriously. Since the advent of the Bill of Rights –…
Shaping diversity: part two Legal Business Reconfiguring work In terms of gender equality, the point when women have children is still where the biggest drop off…
Shaping diversity: part three Legal Business Mentoring and sponsorship One trend which emerged in the research conducted to support this report, was a much more serious…
Diversity toolkit Legal Business Across the legal sector – from the partner level in private firms and general counsel in major corporates, right through…
A tangled web – innovation, IP and patent trolls Legal Business There is no substitute for a good idea In its most broad sense, that sentiment has been the foundation for…
Dissenting perspectives Legal Business In September, GC began its latest series of Dissenting Perspectives events, once again held in tandem with RPC. The series aims to…
Pioneering not preservation Legal Business Have you ever done a Google search for quotes on lawyers? They. Are. Horrible. This quip is fairly typical: ‘It…