Mansfield Rule Firms Top Rivals in Adding Diverse Leadership (2)

A legal incubator says law firms that adopted its approach for hiring women and people of color four years ago have diversified their management committees at a faster rate than those that haven’t used the method.

The Mansfield Rule early adopters had people of color in 10.5 percent of partner ranks in 2019, compared with 9.1 percent at other firms, according to analysis released Thursday by the incubator, Diversity Lab.

The 41 firms that were early adopters of the rule are “increasing diversity in top leadership and are significantly outpacing similarly sized non-Mansfield Rule firms in doing so,” the Lab ...