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Taking Responsibility
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.
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