While diversity and inclusion are organic to Brinks's work culture, we are continually mindful of them. Cynthia Homan is our diversity shareholder, and chair of the Diversity Committee. She and the Committee report directly to James R. Sobieraj, our president, and to the Board of Directors. Together with the Diversity Committee, Cindy oversees an array of initiatives in connection with:
- Recruitment of diverse lateral attorneys and law students;
- Retention and promotion of women, minority, and LGBT attorneys;
- Recommendations for sponsorship of diverse legal
and charitable organizations;
- Promotion and support of pipeline programs that provide avenues to
legal careers for young people from historically under-represented
groups;
- Review and recommendation for revisions of firm policies and practices
to ensure compliance with the firm's diversity and inclusion goals;
- Provision of mandatory, professional diversity and inclusion training
programs for all Brinks employees.
We encourage all of our attorneys to participate and seek positions of leadership in organizations that foster career success for members of groups historically under-represented in the legal profession. We offer appropriate moral and financial support in these endeavors. Some of the groups we currently support include:
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA)
- Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms (CCOM)
- Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law Firms
- Illinois Institute for Inclusion
- Just the Beginning Foundation
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
- Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area (AABA Chicago)
- Asian Pacific American Affairs Commision of Michigan
- Council of Asian Pacific Americans
- Indian-American Bar Association of Chicago (IABA)
- Lambda Legal
- Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC)
- Black Women Lawyers Association
- Chicago Foundation for Women
- Chicago Council of Black Law Student Associations (CCBLSA)
- University of Illinois College of Law Latino/a Law Students Association
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