BIRMINGHAM (AL)–Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, a midsized law firm, is proud to announce that it has been awarded the Diversity Lab’s Midsize Mansfield Certification as well as Certification plus status.
The certification process measures whether firms have taken into consideration at least 30% of women lawyers, lawyers from underrepresented races and ethnicities, LGBTQ+ lawyers and lawyers with disabilities when considering leadership and governance roles as well as formal client pitches, lateral hiring, equity partner promotion, and formal client pitching.
For firms of 25-150 lawyers to become Midsize Certified they must complete an 18-month rigorous collaboration with DiversityLab to track, measure, and achieve diversity in the leadership. Midsize certified firms must also integrate transparency into their advancement process through written descriptions of leadership roles and clearly defined paths to promotion. The firms for this year’s group were evaluated between September 2021 and March 2023.
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