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Diversity
Loeb & Loeb believes that diversity is integral to the culture and success of the firm. We place a high value on maintaining a diverse workforce, and we are committed to achieving a workplace environment in which all attorneys and staff feel welcome, valued, and included.
Our diversity initiative has three principal goals: (1) to enhance the firm’s efforts in recruiting and outreach to diverse candidates, and, in particular, minority lawyers; (2) to enhance the firm’s efforts in retaining a diverse workforce of attorneys through increased emphasis on the firm’s training programs, social programs, and work environment; and (3) to encourage all efforts that enhance the advancement and promotion of minority lawyers.
We are achieving diversity by focusing upon the best recruiting and hiring practices and by fostering a culture in which everyone feels comfortable pursuing his or her professional goals. After candidates have been recruited, we are likewise committed to their career development and retention. In addition, in response to interest expressed by associates and perceived “best practices,” the firm has recently expanded its mentoring program, making participation in the program mandatory for all new associates. The mentoring program is intended to provide both a supportive and a guided environment for associates. Based on extensive study and review, the firm believes that such a program is particularly welcomed by associates of diverse backgrounds as a means of more seamlessly incorporating all associates into the fabric of the firm.
To drive our firm’s diversity initiatives, a six-member Diversity Initiative Committee was formed consisting of partners from the New York and Los Angeles offices. The chair of the firm’s Diversity Initiative Committee is Michael Zweig, also chair of the Employment and Labor Group. The committee has collectively spent well over 200 hours in the past year in furtherance of the firm’s diversity initiatives.
To demonstrate our commitment to diversity, Loeb & Loeb is a member and/or sponsor of several organizations that support and reflect our diverse society, such as the California Minority Counsel Program and Lambda Legal, among others. We also participate in programs that promote diversity in the legal profession, including the Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, a program recently expanded in Los Angeles and in which the ABA Section of Litigation places law students of color or from disadvantaged backgrounds in judicial internships.
In addition, we are a signatory of the Diversity Statement and Policies promulgated by the New York City and Los Angeles Bar Associations. Both of these initiatives call upon law firms to hire diverse incoming classes and to maintain this diversity as associates rise in seniority and are considered for partnership.
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