Diversity

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The firm is a participant in a number of diversity-related bar association committees and public interest organizations, such as:
  • The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • The Association of Black Women Attorneys
  • Catalyst, a nonprofit organization promoting women in business
  • The Hispanic Federation
  • The Hispanic National Bar Association
  • The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • The Lavender Law Conference
  • Legal Momentum (formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
  • The Minority Corporate Counsel Association
  • The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
  • Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)

Shearman & Sterling is also a signatory to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York's three diversity statements:

  • The 1991 Statement of Goals of New York Law Firms and Corporate Legal Departments for Increasing Minority Representation and Retention
  • The 1998 Restatement and Reaffirmation of Goals for the Hiring, Retention, and Promotion of Attorneys of Color and the Retention and Promotion of Women
  • The 2003 Statement of Diversity Principles

Additionally, the firm is a signatory to the New York County Lawyers Association Diversity Statement.