Our Approach
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values here at Goodwin. Our mission is to become the most diverse, equitable, and inclusive firm in the industry.
We support our people by implementing systems that help us disrupt bias, eliminate hidden barriers to success, and promote equity. Initiatives include:
- Structured interviewing
- Updates to annual review and other processes
- Mansfield Rule, certified and original signatory
We raise awareness; build diversity, equity, and inclusion competency; and create space for connection. These actions help us achieve our goal of fostering a sense of belonging for everyone. Initiatives include:
- Upstander tips
- Annual Week of Inclusion
- Allyship education
- Affinity group programming
We provide learning and giving-back opportunities for our clients to help them achieve their own diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Initiatives include:
- Unprecedented Conversations speaker series
- Continuing legal education, community service, and pro bono offerings
- Advisory services
Our Goals
In January 2020, we announced bold public retention and advancement goals to be achieved in the next five years. By 2025, we have challenged ourselves to reach the below diversity milestones for our senior associate, partner promotion and leadership classes in regard to LGBTQ+, racio-ethnic, gender and demographic representation.
We regularly track progress against these goals by reviewing our lawyer population, hiring, and elevation data with our affinity group leaders. We strive to ensure that our work allocation, client development opportunities, and performance evaluation processes are equitable. We will know we have succeeded when all gaps in our pipeline are closed, our leader representation is highly diverse, and our employee experience is equally positive across all demographic groups, as measured with a firmwide inclusion survey.
Exploring the Art of Inclusion
Finding Fellowship and Forging Pathways
Read how Sydney Simmons, a Summer 2022 Goodwin 1L Diversity Fellow, spent three weeks of her 1L program working with firm client Cerevel Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, and supported pushing the boundaries for both novel therapies and first-generation lawyers.
Affinity Groups
Women@Goodwin focuses on advancing and retaining women lawyers at Goodwin. We are increasingly employing an intersectional approach as part of our DEI strategy and initiatives, including supporting a CRED initiative dedicated to engaging and supporting women lawyers of color.
Diversity Fellowships
The 1L Diversity Fellowship Program is designed to promote diversity at Goodwin and in the legal profession by providing opportunities for outstanding law students who have demonstrated leadership skills, a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and success in overcoming challenges in their path to pursuing a career in the law.
HBCU IP/Tech Scholarship Program
Sponsorships
We actively support the American Bar Association’s Resolution 113, which encourages legal service providers to expand and create opportunities for diverse lawyers and urges legal services buyers to direct a greater percentage of their legal spending toward diverse lawyers.
We are a signatory to the American Bar Association’s Pledge for Change: Disability Diversity in the Legal Profession, which affirms our commitment to employees with disabilities.
Get in Touch
Yakiry Adal
Managing Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
+1 212 459 7085
yadal@goodwinlaw.com
Carrie Gilman
Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
+1 212 459 7286
cgilman@goodwinlaw.com
Prisnel Dominique
Managing Director of User Experience, Chair of BOLD@Goodwin
+1 617 305 6587
pdominique@goodwinlaw.com
Andy Sucoff
Partner, Executive Sponsor of BOLD@Goodwin
+1 617 570 1995
asucoff@goodwinlaw.com
Chris Wilson
Partner, Co-Chair of CRED@Goodwin
+1 617 570 3925
cwilson@goodwinlaw.com
Calvin Wingfield
Partner, Co-Chair of CRED@Goodwin
+1 212 459 7049
cwingfield@goodwinlaw.com
Koray Bulut
Partner, Co-Chair of Pride@Goodwin
+1 415 733 6009
kbulut@goodwinlaw.com
James Mattus
Partner, Co-Chair of Pride@Goodwin
+1 617 570 3916
jmattus@goodwinlaw.com
Sarah Solomon
Partner, Co-Chair of Women@Goodwin
+1 617 570 1430
ssolomon@goodwinlaw.com
Huiya Wu
Partner, Co-Chair of Women@Goodwin
+1 212 459 7270
hwu@goodwinlaw.com