& THE BAR SEP/OCT.2016 DIVERSITYMCCA Empowering People. Inspiring Leadership. MCCA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Eric H. Holder, Jr. U.S. Attorney General 2009-2015 Does Diversity Training Work? How Female Lawyers Improve Their Chances of Moving In-house Creating the First Veteran Legal Fair Where is the LMJ Class of 2009 Now? Visit www.mcca.com for the latest information CONTENTS on our events, awards and research. FEATURES 12 MCCA Diversity Gala Award Winners 2016 By Dianne Hayes The MCCA Diversity Gala, held in July, is the annual national awards program honoring lifetime MCCA achievement, corporate legal departments and individuals. Find out what drove our Lifetime Achievement Award winner Eric H. Holder, Jr., to the legal profession. Meet the Employer of Choice Award winners, AWARDS along with the Paula L. Ettelbrick, George B. Vashon and Thomas L. Sager Award winners. Find out what made them stand out and what you can learn from their diversity and inclusion programs. 38 Diversity Training Doesn’t Work: What to Do Instead By Sarah Babineau, MHR, PHR, SHRM-CP Corporations now spend $8 billion every year on diversity training in the U.S. alone. Is there evidence that training leads to diverse workforces with inclusive cultures? 42 Lawyer Retention Strategies By Leken Oguntoyinbo Lost in the avalanche of stories about the employment challenges of lawyers, fi nancial woes of law fi rms and the struggles of law schools to respond to the challenges of the rapidly changing legal profession is another overlooked reality: 30 Job-Hunting Priorities Transcending the the diffi culty of recruiting and retaining fi rst-rate lawyers. Allure of the Big State By Lydia Lum Have you ever wondered about the career trajectory of the chief legal offi cer? Find out how female lawyers can improve their chances of moving in-house. 34 Creating the First Veteran Legal Career Fair By Mitch Zuklie, Lorraine McGowen, Steve Lessard and Nik Mathews Find out how one law fi rm diversifi es its workforce by hiring 44 LMJ Class of 2009 veterans. By Glenn Cook The fi fth installment of our series provides you with a class update and a personal story about what happened to an LMJ scholar after law school. 2 DIVERSITY & THE BAR SEP.OCT.2016 MCCA.COM SEP.OCT.2016 MCCA® BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michelle Banks Janice P. Brown Robin H. Sangston MCCA Board Chair, Fmr. Executive Owner & Founder Vice President, Chief Vice President & Global General Brown Law Group Compliance Officer, Counsel, Clarissa Cerda Cox Communications, Inc. CONTENTS Gap Inc. General Counsel Kenneth S. Siegel Jean Lee Pindrop Security Chief Administrative Officer & President & CEO Duane Holloway General Counsel, MCCA Senior Vice President & Starwood Hotels & Resorts A.B. Cruz III General Counsel, Worldwide, Inc. COLUMNS Senior Vice President, Ascena Retail Group, Inc. Dawn Smith Chief Legal Office, Sandra Leung Senior Vice President, Chief Legal | NOTES FROM THE CEO USAA Enterprise Shared Services Executive Vice President and Officer, Chief Compliance Officer & 4 Secretary, Shining the Light on Simone Wu General Counsel, Immediate Past MCCA Chair, Senior Bristol-Myers Squibb VMware Diversity Practices Vice President, General Counsel, Linda Lu Mary E. Snapp By Jean Lee Corporate Secretary & Chief Senior Vice President, Chief Litigation Corporate Vice President, Compliance Officer, Officer & Employment Counseling, Microsoft Philanthropies | BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS Choice Hotels International, Inc. Nationwide Insurance Richard J. Wallis 6 Stuart Alderoty H. Gwen Marcus Vice President, Deputy General Should Public Companies Appoint Executive Vice President, General Executive Vice President & Counsel, Business Development Lawyers to Their Boards? 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If you have attended the Gala or read a press release about it, you may not see the entire picture of how these individuals and legal departments make diversity and inclusion a reality. Our cover story, “MCCA Diversity Gala Award Winners” profiles not only our Lifetime Achievement Award winner Eric Holder, Jr. but our Employer of Choice, Paula L. Ettelbrick, George B. Vashon and Thomas L. Sager Award winners. These individuals and legal departments’ actions speak volumes about their commitment to diversifying the legal profession. In our global economy, legal teams must reflect the customers who do business with them. Creating a diverse legal team because it makes business sense and is more reflective of the company’s customer base is a mantra that you will repeatedly hear among our award winners. We hope that you find their stories as compelling as we did when we chose them. This issue’s coverage continues with articles on (and Keeping) It Together: Tips for Managing your areas such as diversity training, retention strategies, Practice While Moving at Light Speed Transactions. the career trajectory of female chief legal officers and We also offered a handful of special programs to pro- the words of wisdom they have for others, and how a mote diverse lawyers at the highest levels in