Akin Gump has hired Michele Meyer-Shipp, former chief diversity officer of Prudential Financial, as the firm’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer.
The hire makes Akin Gump the latest Big Law firm with a dedicated diversity officer, a role that has gone from obscurity to near-ubiquity in the legal industry over the past ten years. Earlier this month, Orrick announced that it had hired diversity consultant Joi Bourgeois as its first-ever global head of diversity and inclusion.
In a conversation with Big Law Business on her first day, Meyer-Shipp said there are several areas in which Big Law can learn from ...
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