Researching Effective DEI
The Practice
July/August 2023
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is important in every sector, not just the legal profession. What strategies and tactics have the most impact and actually create system change?
July/August 2023
Introducing the July 2023 Issue
A quick introduction to an issue about diversity initiatives across the corporate landscape.
Getting to Diversity
It is difficult to know which diversity and inclusion programs work and which do not. Drawing on data from 800 companies over four decades, as well as interviews with professionals, and comparing dozens of different features of career systems and diversity initiatives side by side, this article dives into which programs effectively impact diversity in the managerial ranks, and which do not.
Pledging Action
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's initiative, Leaders at the Front, gives 400-plus general counsel and law firm leaders the opportunity to document and track their commitments to building a more diverse and inclusive profession.
Researching Diversity Discourse and Action
Jamillah Bowman Williams, a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and an expert in employment discrimination, seeks to understand the gaps between what people say they believe and they do when it comes to workplace diversity.
Investing in Economic Justice
Zeynep Ton, professor of the practice in the operations management group at MIT Sloan School of Management and president of the nonprofit Good Jobs Institute, says that if companies offer "good jobs"—jobs that provide employees with adequate pay, dignity, and respect—everyone benefits.
Tone at the Top
Lori George Billingsley, the former global chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer for The Coca-Cola Company, offers insights on the chief diversity officer role and what it takes to succeed in the position.
