Diversity Recruitment & Retention
Dickinson Wright is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse firm culture that empowers all of our attorneys to achieve their full potential. We believe that diverse teams of lawyers lead to better results for our clients and a stronger, more thoughtful leadership at the firm. To that end, we engage in a variety of strategies to ensure diverse representation at all attorney levels – from summer and first-year associates to equity partners and firm management.
Diverse Attorney Recruitment
Key to Dickinson Wright’s successful diversity strategy is the recruitment of exceptional diverse attorneys. The firm participates in many local and national diversity conferences, job fairs, and other related programs that help us identify and recruit diverse talent. A sample of the diversity recruiting programs that Dickinson Wright supports are below:
- National LGBT Bar Association Lavender Law Annual Conference
- National Black Law Students Association’s Midwest Region Job Fair
- Nashville Bar Association’s Damali Booker 1L Minority Job Fair Project
- Cook County Bar Association’s Minority Job Fair
- Howard University Law School On-Campus Interview and Networking Session
- University of Michigan Black Law Student Association Butch Carpenter Annual Gala
- University of Michigan Outlaws Annual Gala
- Arizona State University 1L Diversity Job Fair
- Floyd Skinner Bar Association Minority Clerkship Program
- Wolverine Bar Association Summer Clerkship Program
- Annual reception following Wolverine Bar Association Barrister’s Ball