
Diverse representation
A group of esteemed current and former GCs have begun work to increase the representation of African Americans in the in-house community through the newly developed Black General Counsel 2025 Initiative.
A new diversity initiative has taken shape in the United States. Called the Black General Counsel 2025 Initiative, the key goal is to see African-Americans better represented in the in-house legal profession – particularly as general counsel or chief legal officers of larger public and private companies.
As of 2017, there were 38 African American general counsel in Fortune 1000 companies, representing just under 4% of the overall number.