Mintz Levin Receives Gold Standard Certification from Women in Law Empowerment Forum
7/12/2011
Boston, MA –Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has earned Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), a designation based on how firms compensate women and integrate them in top leadership positions. Mintz Levin is one of only 33 firms to receive the certification from WILEF.
“The firm is delighted to be recognized by WILEF for its efforts to ensure that women attorneys contribute to the firm’s overall success by having significant roles in firm management and that they are appropriately compensated,” said Jennifer Rubin, Chair of Mintz Levin’s Diversity Committee and a Member in the firm’s Employment, Labor and Benefits Practice.
Three hundred firms with over 100 attorneys were invited to submit data to earn WILEF’s Gold Standard Certification. The 33 firms that were selected for certification were chosen based on the extent to which the firm has successfully made women equity partners, integrated women partners into its governance structure, and recognized the contributions of women through compensation.
WILEF, founded in 2006, is dedicated to assisting women in law to assume leadership roles within the Amlaw 200 and Fortune 1000 legal departments and within their respective communities. WILEF presents cutting edge programming that provides an educational and networking forum for women in law.
