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ChIPs Honor Roll

Inclusion Blueprint

ChIPs Honor Roll is a joint initiative between ChIPs and Diversity Lab. Selections are based on findings from Diversity Lab’s Inclusion Blueprint, which provides diversity benchmarks of historically underrepresented groups (female lawyers, underrepresented racial/ethnic lawyers, LGBTQ+ lawyers, and lawyers with disabilities) in law firm leadership and across practice groups, including IP. The Inclusion Blueprint also includes inclusion efforts for law firms to adopt to ensure their lawyers have fair and equal access to compensation, leadership roles, and other critical career-enhancing opportunities. The Inclusion Blueprint is conducted annually and is open to large law firms by invitation.

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Not Your Typical Survey

The Inclusion Blueprint is different from traditional diversity surveys, as it goes beyond just measuring headcount. In addition to assessing the overall representation of diverse groups in leadership and at the practice group level, it asks if firms are actively monitoring and measuring their lawyers’ work activities and experiences, such as work allocation, leave, sponsorship, client pitches, and other critical development and advancement opportunities. The purpose is to ensure that diverse lawyers have equal access to these opportunities and to interrupt any unconscious biases that may exist within firms’ practices or structures.

There are three main categories of questions:

  • Current diversity representation target thresholds and year-over-year progress
  • Ongoing inclusion practices and activities
  • A commitment to ‘hard’ actions to be implemented over the next year
The data is collected and analyzed by Diversity Lab’s team of data experts. Recognition will be given to the ChIPs Honor Roll Award firms, Inclusion Champion firms, and firms that make bold commitments.

“Law firms must do more to develop a deep bench of diverse leaders and to create cultures where women can gain meaningful experiences in IP, a speciality that has persistently lagged in diversity of all types. An important step is tracking the data and work experiences.”

Noreen Krall, ChIPs Co-Founder 

Honor Roll Award & Recognition

Because the Inclusion Blueprint goes beyond simply measuring headcount, we know that firms that score highly are proactively tracking and supporting inclusion initiatives. We congratulate these firms for their efforts to level the playing field for women in law.

2022 Honor Roll Firms (Inclusion for All)

2022

Morgan Lewis

2022

Nixon Peabody

2022 Honor Roll Firms (Gender Inclusion)

2022

Orrick

2022

Perkins Coie

2022

WilmerHale

2021 Honor Roll Firms

2021

Baker Botts

2021

Hogan Lovells

2021

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

2021

Morrison & Foerster

2021

Orrick

2021

Perkins Coie

2021

WilmerHale

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2019 Honor Roll Firms

2019

Brooks Kushman

2019

Orrick

2019

Sheppard Mullin

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2018 Honor Roll Firms

2018

Brooks Kushman PC

2018

Sheppard Mullin

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2017 Honor Roll Firms

2017

WilmerHale

Committee Members

Laurie Charrington

Chapter Leader, Global Summit Committee, & Honor Roll Committee Co-Chair

Director of Patent Litigation, Netflix

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Caren Ulrich Stacy

Committee Co-chair

Founder & CEO, Diversity Lab

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Cyndi Wheeler

Board Director and Committee Co-chair

Senior Director of Intellectual Property at Salesforce Inc.

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Vaishali Udupa

Honor Roll Committee Co-Chair

VP, AGC IP Litigation and Policy at HPE

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