Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
2022 Compass Award Winner
Recognizes the law firms and corporations that are among the most active in LCLD programming to build a more inclusive legal profession.
LCLD consists of more than 400 GCs and law firm leaders who pledge to create a truly diverse U.S. legal profession.
WTO is a regular participant in the LCLD 1L Scholars Program, which recruits and cultivates diverse talent from across the country.
2022 INTERNSHIP INITIATIVE WITH DELTA ETA BOULÉ
WTO partnered with the country's oldest African American fraternity to help fund a scholarship foundation and promote the hiring of Delta Eta Boulé members as paid interns.
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES LAW FIRM DIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
WTO partners with Lumen in this novel program to create meaningful retention and advancement opportunities for diverse attorneys.
A diverse or female WTO associate commits to spend significant time working on Lumen matters.
In turn, Lumen opens its doors to diverse associates, inviting them to see how high-level business decisions are made.
Partner involvement and collaboration between competitors sets the program apart.
The program achieves diversity, professional growth, and community in ways not seen when mentoring occurs only vertically within one company.
DENVER LAW FIRM COALITION FOR RACIAL EQUITY
WTO co-founded the Coalition in 2020 with four other Denver-based law firms to promote racial equity in Denver’s legal community.
All five member firms jointly recruited diverse candidates to Denver from Chicago-area law schools.
The goal is to make Denver an appealing destination for diverse attorneys, not any specific firm.
Rather than treat diversity as a scarcity to compete over, Coalition firms, and the community, win when Denver becomes more diverse.
In 2022, representatives from WTO and Coalition firms traveled to Chicago and jointly recruited diverse, Chicago-area law students.
LAW SCHOOL.... YES WE CAN!
