Dive Brief:

• 62% of general counsel said they do not require their outside law firms to track their efforts to boost diversity, equity and inclusion among their attorneys, a global survey found.
• Of the 38% of legal chiefs who reported requesting key performance indicators from external counsel regarding DEI, just 7% said they seek this information at an advanced level, according to the report from the Association of Corporate Counsel and the General Counsel Oath initiative.
• Additionally, GCs reported having greater success promoting DEI within their in-house teams than in the broader organizations they work for.

Dive Insight:

Some legal chiefs have said it’s important to them that outside counsel diversify their ranks of attorneys, and a number of law firms have participated in initiatives designed to promote DEI.

But the survey from ACC and GC Oath completed by 232 general counsel spanning 28 countries indicates the value legal chiefs place on outside counsel diversity may not be as high as anticipated.

Overall, 31% of legal chiefs said they request DEI metrics and measures from law firms at a basic level.

Larger organizations with 50,000 or more employees are roughly five times more likely than smaller organizations with 1,000 or fewer employees to request DEI information from outside law firms, a 75% to 16% disparity, the report found. Additionally, 20% of larger organizations seek such data at an advanced level.

“The use of KPIs does not guarantee immediate progress...

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