Mansfield Certification, awarded by Diversity Lab, measures the structural changes and steps we have taken over the past year to ensure our paths to leadership – including lateral hiring, promotions, and appointments – are open and transparent to all qualified lawyers.

Why This Matters

We know that a diverse legal community leads to more inclusive and equitable decisions that not only reflect our workforce but also our community of clients. Mansfield’s processes seek to ensure equal opportunity and access to leadership roles. The focus is on opening the door wider, and ensuring that opportunities for advancement are inclusive for everyone. Mansfield takes a behavioral science approach that embeds accountability, transparency, and knowledge sharing into our talent practices.

What We Do in Practice

What does this mean for our firm? Whenever our leaders make decisions about who to appoint or elect to leadership roles, we consider a broad pipeline of talent, including lawyers who are historically underrepresented in law. The Mansfield framework helps us take an inclusive, structured, and data-driven approach to leadership advancement—and ensure the approach is consistent across offices and practice groups. This intentionality benefits everyone.

Kitch Attorneys & Counselors will continue to build a firm that reflects the diversity of our clients and the communities we serve while continuing to provide the exceptional service we have provided for over 50 years.

We are excited to be part of the Mansfield community and proud to be part of a system that not just opens opportunities to all, but also insists on accountability and measurement year-over-year. We look forward to our continued collaboration with you in building a more inclusive legal field.

Kitch Attorneys & Counselors Has Achieved Mansfield Certification!