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 Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). The Compass Award recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession.
“We are honored to receive the Compass Award for 2023 for our firm's commitment to DEI initiatives and proud to continue our work with LCLD and its members to create more avenues for diversity in the legal profession,” said Dawn Siler-Nixon, FordHarrison’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Partner.
LCLD is one of the nation’s leading organizations promoting diversity and consists of more than 450 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession.
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
- Nomination of an LCLD Fellow/Pathfinder
- Participation 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 450 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.