MCCA recognizes outstanding law departments that progress in changing the legal profession. The Employer of Choice Award is designed to spotlight industry leaders who have a commitment to and succeed at creating and maintaining an inclusive corporate legal department. The Employer of Choice Award is based on the concept behind the Creating Pathways to Diversity Research Project, which is a three-year effort to study how corporate law departments and law firms design, implement and monitor their diversity progress. In the first year, Pathways revealed that, with respect to their diversity efforts, most corporate law departments can be placed on a spectrum from compliance with federal regulations to inclusion. Their transition and progress through these stages are facilitated by integrated initiatives that align diversity goals with strategic, business goals.
Diversity demonstrates an appreciation for their differences.
Inclusion creates an environment in which people want to stay. MCCA publicly recognizes successful those organizations that are successful at hiring, retaining and developing, today s best and brightest legal talent as the Employers of Choice.