Eversheds Unveils New Billable Hour Credit for Diversity Work

Eversheds Sutherland is implementing billable credit for diversity and inclusion work for its attorneys as more law firms look to further their diversity efforts.

The London-founded firm will provide up to 50 hours of billable credit per year for qualifying diversity and inclusion work for all its U.S. attorneys, the firm said in a statement.

The policy, which is retroactively applied to Jan. 1, 2022, mirrors moves made by other law firms over the last few years. Cooley, Hogan Lovells, Reed Smith, Ropes & Gray and othershave adopted DEI billable credit policies to promote diversity efforts in an industry that ...