A few of our recent, notable achievements include:

• Promoting gender inclusion. To strengthen our culture of inclusion and belonging, the firm recently completed the construction of gender-neutral restrooms. Additionally, the firm strongly encourages the use of personal pronouns in email signature blocks, firm materials such as the website and business cards, and at all firm events.
• Offering a market-leading parental leave policy. To further support working parents, the firm revised its parental leave policy in 2019. We now offer one of the most generous policies among top law firms, including 18 weeks of paid leave for all parents, plus an additional 6 to 8 weeks of paid disability leave for birth parents.
• Successfully implementing the Mansfield Rule. In addition to helping to create and pilot the Mansfield Rule, Munger, Tolles & Olson has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status for five consecutive years. The Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certification (July 2021-July 2022) measured whether law firms have affirmatively considered at least 30% women, lawyers from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ lawyers, and lawyers with disabilities and tracked the makeup of historically underrepresented lawyers in the candidate pools by demographic group for the following significant leadership roles and activities in the firm:
  • Equity partner promotions
  • Lateral partner and senior associate hiring searches and openings
  • Election or appointment to leadership and governance roles
  • Hiring for or promotion to the firm’s most senior professional staff roles
  • Nominations for Chambers USA 2022 in at least two practice areas
  • Participation in formal client pitches for multiple practice groups
  • Transparent job responsibilities and processes for governance appointments/elections.
• Consistently promoting diverse attorneys to equity partners.

While we are proud of our accomplishments, we know there is still much work to be done. We welcome the next generation of ideas and leadership in continuing to expand the diversity of the legal profession. Learn more from MTO’s affirmative DEI statement.