 | Mayer Brown Scores 100 Percent Rating in 2009 Corporate Equality Index
23 September 2008 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The survey, now in its seventh year, measures how equitably companies treat their gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees and consumers. Read >>
| | | Mayer Brown Recognized by Yale Law Women as a Top Ten Family-Friendly Firm
Mayer Brown Honored for Making the Workplace More Hospitable to Women, Men and their Families
28 September 2007 - Mayer Brown LLP has been recognized as one of the 2007 Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms by Yale Law Women (YLW), the largest student organization at Yale Law School, which co-sponsored the survey with Women's Law School Coalition groups at Boalt(Berkeley), Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford and Virginia. YLW seeks to emphasize the need for firm employment policies that facilitate work-life balance for attorneys and work environments that accommodate, as well as support, lawyers with families. Read >>
| | | Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Named 2007 Working Mother Best Law Firm for Women
First-of-its-Kind Initiative Honors Trailblazers in Work-Life Balance and Programs for Women
14 August 2007 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP has been named a 2007 Best Law Firm for Women by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers, a national consulting firm advising attorneys and legal employers on work-life balance and the retention and advancement of women. A new initiative from the leading advocates for work-life balance and women-friendly policies, Best Law Firms for Women honors 50 winning firms for their commitment to the retention and advancement of female talent. Read >>
| | | Marcia Madsen, Acquisition Advisory Panel Chair, Releases Report Findings
Testifies Before Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
WASHINGTON, DC - The Acquisition Advisory Panel, chaired by Mayer, Brown partner, Marcia Madsen, recently released its final report to Congress and the Office of Management & Budget. The 13-member panel, created by Congress and appointed by the White House, was charged with reviewing federal acquisition laws, regulations and policies, and making recommendations for reform. Read >>
| |  | Lawyer Turns Each Challenge Into Teaching Experience
Mary Richardson-Lowry has always been drawn to the big deals and large legal challenges, which has often meant she's the only
African-American woman at the negotiation table. Read >>
Reprinted with permission from Chicago Lawyer, July 2007.
| | | NY Legal Marketers And Recruiting Executives Learn How To Embrace Diversity As Part Of A Balanced Strategic Marketing Plan
On February 15, 2007 over 70 Metro New York marketing and recruiting professionals gathered at The Association of the Bar of New York City to hear a panel of diversity experts present a program entitled "Diversity: How Firms Deliver What Clients Want." The program underscores the importance members of the Legal Marketing Association Metro New York Chapter and their firms are placing on diversity and inclusion and how effective implementation of diversity initiatives impacts both recruiting and client development strategies. Read >>
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