What You Need to Know

• Women held 331 Fortune 1000 GC roles, up 12% from the prior year, one study found.
• Representatives of underrepresented racial/ethnic groups held 148 of the roles, a 21% increase.

2022 saw substantial progress in the number of women and minorities leading legal departments at major companies, but the news was bleaker for lower-level legal department roles.

In addition, frustration among diversity advocates remained high over many departments’ failure to use their clout to bolster the ranks of women and minorities at the outside law firms they shower with millions of dollars in work.

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