Diversity Secondments
The LCLD Partnerships & Teams Strategic Committee, led by Michele Mayes and A.B. Culvahouse, is proud to present the LCLD Secondment Program. Our program provides members with the ability to virtually access materials that provide them with the ability to create secondments that foster talent within their own organizations.
The purpose of the Secondment Program is to create meaningful opportunities for diverse attorneys to establish critical relationships with corporate clients. Over time, it is the expectation that these relationships will benefit the corporate law departments and the law firms who participate in secondment programs, as well as enhance the career development of seconded attorneys. The program will allow seconded attorneys to better understand the issues and concerns of corporate law departments. The program also will allow corporate law departments to develop diverse outside counsel, including women, who will better understand the complexities and the business needs of corporations.
A video overview of the Diversity Secondments program at LCLD member Allstate Insurance, discussed by Allstate Senior Attorney Linda Lu and program participants Jocelyn Bramble of Dewey Leboeuf and Leslie Davis, a partner at SNR Denton.
To learn more about secondments and setting targets to launch the program in your own organization, click here.
For a sample Memorandum of Understanding between a corporate law department and seconded attorney, click here.
For a sample evaluation of program by all parties, click the following:
Attorney Assessment of Re-integration to the Law Firm