Farella Braun + Martel issued the following announcement on Oct. 27.
Farella Braun + Martel has been named a 2021 Compass Award winner by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), recognizing those law firms and corporations showing a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession.
The Compass Award recognizes those individuals and organizations that fulfill all of the following requirements in a single calendar year: member attendance at the 2020 LCLD Annual Membership Meeting and/or member attendance at a 2021 Leadership Summit and/or submission of a Leader’s Pledge, participation in the LCLD Fellows and Pathfinder Programs, and participation in an LCLD Pipeline program.
Farella's Jeff Hamilton was named to the 2021 Fellows program and Rebecca Stephens and former associate Nadia Arid were selected to join this year's Pathfinder program.
LCLD is one of the nation’s leading organizations promoting diversity and consists of more than 350 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession.
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