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Oct 31, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has been recognized by the Diversity & Flexibility Alliance as one of 82 U.S. and global law firms that are “Tipping the Scales” with 50 percent or more women in their 2024 new partner class, marking the third time the firm has achieved this recognition in recent years. The Alliance's 2024 New Partner Report presents publicly available data on the gender distribution of attorneys elevated to partner positions in law firms.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has received the 2024 Top Performer designation from the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). This award represents the firm’s ongoing commitment to building a more equitable and diverse legal profession. Top Performers are organizations with the highest level of engagement with LCLD’s programs and activities throughout the year. “It is a privilege to be recognized by LCLD as a Top Performer once again,” said Dawn R. Rosemond, firm diversity partner.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus for 2023-2024, a significant recognition presented by Diversity Lab that underscores the firm’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion within the legal profession. The “plus” designation is reserved for firms that voluntarily report the progress and results of their inclusive processes.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has received the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program’s (DAPP) inaugural Visionary Partnership Award for its commitment to advancing women of color in legal roles. The award recognizes how, for 10 years, Barnes & Thornburg and DAPP have worked together to increase diversity in the legal profession by providing summer job opportunities for underrepresented and deserving women law students.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to announce it has been named to Bloomberg Law’s fourth annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Framework, a listing of law firms that meet or exceed an established threshold of DEI in their firm.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Kaitlyn Stone |Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg is excited to announce its participation in Diversity Lab’s 2024 Moments to Movements Hackathon, a shark-tank-style pitch competition for solving some of the most challenging diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues facing the legal industry. Led by New Jersey partner Kaitlyn E.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
btlaw.com | Jonathan P. Froemel |Dawn R. Rosemond
CHICAGO – Barnes & Thornburg announced today it has named first-year law student Julius Chai as a recipient of its 2024 1L Diversity Scholarship. Chai is a student at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and will join the firm’s Chicago office as a summer associate. At Northwestern, he is a member of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and the High Tech Law Society, and director of communications for the Intellectual Property Law Society.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has signed onto Diversity Lab’s newly announced Disability Inclusion Commitment, pledging to “increase inclusion and equitable access to opportunities for disabled individuals in the legal profession.” The firm is among 90 leading law firms in the U.S., UK and Canada to collaborate with Diversity Lab on the effort. The commitment includes 10 actions that bolster disability inclusivity.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
btlaw.com | Andrew Detherage |Dawn R. Rosemond |Adetayo Osuntogun |Alyssa Hughes
The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), which recognizes law firms and corporations that show a strong commitment to building a more inclusive legal profession, named Barnes & Thornburg as a 2023 Top Performer and Compass Award recipient. The awards recognize entities that show a strong commitment to building organizations that are more diverse and a more inclusive legal profession.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
btlaw.com | Dawn R. Rosemond
Barnes & Thornburg has earned Mansfield 6.0 certification after a yearlong review by Diversity Lab. Diversity Lab, which recognizes law firms for their demonstrated commitment to diversity based on a structured certification process, has recognized Barnes & Thornburg as among the law firms that have achieved diversity in its leadership roles in 2022-2023.
