Diversity at Cooley Cooley’s commitment to attracting, mentoring and retaining an exceptional team of lawyers from as many backgrounds as possible is embedded in our culture. We are dedicated to maintaining a truly diverse workplace that values and celebrates differences – from the way we relate to and support each other, to the way we work together to meet the needs of our clients. Employment partner Ann Bevitt and technology transactions associate Leo Spicer-Phelps are the London office representatives on Cooley’s diversity committee. They, along with 30 colleagues from around the firm, meet bi-monthly to formulate and implement initiatives aimed at strengthening a culture of inclusivity across Cooley. Our London office features a chapter of the Minority Associates Group (MAG) led by Prina Patel, an associate in business litigation. Additional resource groups include our African American Affinity Group, Asian Pacific Islander Affinity Group, and LGBTQ Affinity Group. London business litigation associate Sascha Grimm, who was listed in City AM’s 2016 Power 100 Women, is a founding member and chair of Women in Law London (WILL), a legal networking organisation focused on the retention of women in the legal sector. Sascha is also a committee representative for Cooley’s Women’s Initiative, alongside technology trans- actions partner Sarah Pearce and business litigation associate Joanne Elieli. Our annual commitment to ‘Pathways to Law’ provides legal work experience to academically able, ‘A’ level students from non- privileged backgrounds. We review summer programme applications on a name-blind basis and conduct behavioural interviewer and unconscious bias training for all our lawyers, directors and managers. To help us find the best talent from a range of backgrounds, we implement the Rare Contextual Recruitment System as part of our application system. We are excited about what lies ahead in continuing to attract and retain diverse talent.
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