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Tom LaFrance, general counsel, GE Transportation

General Electric’s Denniston Fellowship is an innovative, practical initiative seeking to change the face of the legal profession. GC spoke to Tom LaFrance, general counsel at GE Transportation, who masterminded the idea, and Marina Merjan, the first Denniston fellow.

Legal Business
Legal Business · · 6 min read
Tom LaFrance, general counsel, GE Transportation

Interview

The idea for the Denniston Fellowship originated from my own frustrations with other diversity and inclusion initiatives. We participated in a diversity summer internship program in 2013 where a law student spent a few weeks of the summer with a law firm and three weeks with our team.

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