Diversity and inclusion is a core value for the Bank of Montreal – both as a business imperative and corporate value. GC sat down with Chicago-based deputy general counsel Caroline Tsai to learn more about the bank’s commitment to diversity and how the in-house legal department is taking the lead.
NAMWOLF is the acronym used by the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms, an organization aiming to change the face of the legal industry with a focus on supplier diversity. Its CEO, Joel Stern – a former deputy general counsel at Accenture, speaks with GC about NAMWOLF’s mission and how it’s going to get there.
Walmart general counsel Karen Roberts has been a long-standing champion for diversity, both within the businesses she serves and amongst the wider legal community. She shares the initiatives Walmart have been implementing internally, as well as her thoughts on how major corporates can leverage their size and standing to effect change.
Mastercard’s general counsel Tim Murphy is in the unusual position of having not just overall responsibility for the legal function, but for diversity and inclusion across the company. Murphy sat down with GC to discuss a global diversity agenda and the unique role of lawyers in pushing progress.
Michele Mayes is general counsel of the New York Public Library and the chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession. Mayes has had a distinguished in-house career with roles at Colgate-Palmolive, Unisys and Pitney Bowes, as well as serving as general counsel at AllState Insurance for a number of years. A long-time champion at the vanguard of the fight for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, she spoke to GC about why we need to think differently about work.
ClearSlide general counsel Olga Mack has trailblazed a path from Ukraine to Silicon Valley. A strong advocate for diversity and inclusion – particularly for women in senior business roles – she sat down with GC to share her experience working with startups and small businesses to help diversity take root.
Managing director and global head of regulatory relations group at Morgan Stanley, Jackie LiCalzi sat down with GC to discuss sponsorship, both formal and informal, from the perspective of someone who has been a recipient of sponsorship and is now a sponsor herself.
Jean Lee is CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the umbrella body which brings together diverse corporate counsel and their supporters to effect change in the profession. A former JP Morgan in-house lawyer, Lee has taken over the helm on the eve of the MCCA’s 20th anniversary. She reflects on what that means for the MCCA and progressing the diversity and inclusion agenda in the profession.
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.
Vodafone’s US general counsel Megan Doberneck talks about the company’s revolutionary maternity policy and why it makes sense to invest in working mothers.