Corporate Diversity Survey

Goal: To Compile Demographic Benchmarking Data on Direct Reports to the GC and Total In-House Attorney Population

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) has annually published a report on diversity at the general counsel-level of America’s 500 largest corporations. However, prior to this survey, there has been no data available on overall diversity within corporate legal departments and among its leadership, particularly companies outside the Fortune 500.

MCCA believes that America’s corporate law departments are fairly diverse and that corporations are making significant strides internally. However, it would like to start to annually report on the demographics of in-house counsel who work at both large and small companies.

Through participation in this survey, you will assist MCCA to capture a meaningful snapshot of the diversity of the in-house bar. You will also aid in producing an annual metric against which to benchmark your organization, including through comparison of the composition of your law department to peer industry averages and law departments of similar size.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Demographic Information: Answers should reflect data on legal department attorneys in the US only. Please complete only once per company.

Survey completed by (Name):

Title:

Phone:

Company:

Corporation’s Industry Type or SIC Code:

Headquarters Location (City, State):

Does your legal department have a formal diversity plan?
Yes No

Does your legal department have a diversity committee?
Yes No

Do your legal department's diversity efforts include communicating your company's values/expectations regarding diversity to your outside counsel?
Yes No

1. Chief Legal Officer/General Counsel Gender and Race/Ethnicity of the CLO/GC (please check only one):
	Male Caucasian (white, non-Hispanic)
	Male of color (e.g. African American/Black, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino(a), Pacific Islander or Native American/Indian)
	Female Caucasian (white, non-Hispanic)
	Female of color (e.g. African American/Black, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino(a), Pacific Islander or Native American)

2. Direct Reports to General Counsel

A. Total of direct reports (attorneys only) to the General Counsel (in the US only):
B. The number of direct reports who are: (Please count each attorney only once)
	Male	Female
Caucasian attorneys
African American/Black attorneys
Hispanic American attorneys
Asian American attorneys
Native American attorneys
Other racial minority, incl. multi-racial

3. General Attorney Population of Legal Department

A. Total number of attorneys in the legal department

B. Of the total number of attorneys in your department, please complete the
following demographic table to indicate the number in each category
(to the extent known):

(Please count each attorney only once)

	Male	Female
Caucasian attorneys
African American/Black attorneys
Hispanic American attorneys
Asian American attorneys
Native American attorneys
Other racial minority, incl. multi-racial

4. Other attributes of total attorney population:

	Male	Female
Number of attorneys who are openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered (GLBT)
Number of attorneys who are physically challenged/disabled