Diversity Initiative

Plan

Plan for a Great Change in Columbus

"The changes we are making in our firms to recruit, retain and promote minority talent make the entire organization smarter and healthier - a better place to work for all attorneys."
--Columbus Managing Partners' Diversity Initiative

The Managing Partner's Diversity Initiative is based on a detailed five-year plan. When participating organizations sign the plan, they commit to taking specific action steps to improve and report on diversity in their group.

The first five-year plan, from 2000-2005, was especially successful helping firms improve recruitment of minority attorneys. For example, recruitment action steps included: review hiring criteria to ensure it does not disproportionately screen out minority candidates; actively recruit at law schools with significant numbers of minority law students; monitor the number of minority candidates interviewed.

How we got here -- 2000-2005 plan Where we are now -- 2006-2010 plan