Orrick Partners with Startup to Pilot Diverse Pipeline Program

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is the first law firm to partner with startup Legal Innovators to pilot a pipeline program aimed at rethinking the way the firms recruit and train talent, particularly diverse lawyers.

The program currently has two fellows who were onboarded in January alongside Orrick’s newest first-year associate class and will work with mentors both at Orrick and Legal Innovators.

Legal Innovators launched in late 2019, offering to employ and help train promising new attorneys out of law school while they do work for law firms and corporate law departments who could someday hire them. The startup seeks ...