NATIONAL - FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a 2024 Top Performer and Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building a more inclusive legal profession.
"It's a privilege to be acknowledged as a 2024 Top Performer and Compass Award winner and we take great pride in partnering with LCLD to advance diversity within the legal profession." said Dawn Siler-Nixon, FordHarrison’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Partner.
LCLD is composed of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leaders of the profession—who are committed to ensuring that all talent thrives, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession.
The Top Performer award recognizes those organizations who are most engaged with LCLD’s programs and activities throughout the year.
The Compass Award recognizes those individuals and organizations that fulfill all of the following requirements in a single calendar year:
- Member (Managing Partner/General Counsel) engagement with LCLD;
- Nominate an LCLD Fellow;
- Nominate an LCLD Pathfinder;
- Participate in an LCLD pipeline program (the 1L Scholars Program or the Success in Law School Mentoring Program).
Click here to read more about LCLD’s awards and view the full lists of winners.
About LCLD
Leadership Council on Legal Diversity is an organization of more than 400 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have pledged themselves, through our Leaders at the Front initiative and other means, to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. Our action programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within our organizations, thereby helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership. By producing tangible results in our institutions, we work to promote inclusiveness in our organizations, our circles of influence, and our society, with the ultimate goal of building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. For more information, visit www.lcldnet.org.