Nossaman Achieves Mansfield Certification Plus

As reported in Law360 (subscription required), Nossaman has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus.

Launched in 2017 by Diversity Lab, Mansfield is a yearlong structured certification process designed to ensure all qualified talent at participating law firms have a fair and equal opportunity to be considered for advancement into leadership roles. The focus is on “opening the door wider” and ensuring that opportunities for advancement are transparent and inclusive for everyone. Mansfield Certification Plus is an added designation reserved for firms that voluntarily report the outcomes of their inclusive processes. This status is awarded to firms that have at least 30% women, minority, LGBTQ+ and lawyers with disabilities within the partnership and lateral hires, as well as in the talent pools for leadership and lateral recruiting opportunities.

This data-driven process has transformed how many participating firms operate. Before Mansfield, fewer than half of law firms had transparent leadership job descriptions or advancement processes and less than a quarter tracked the diversity of their leadership pipelines. Recent studies, including the data analysis published in The American Lawyer and the New York State Bar Association Task Force on Advancing Diversity Report, praise Mansfield for its effective and lawful method for enhancing transparency and diversity in leadership.