The Resilient Lawyer with Jeena Cho
Business:Careers
RL 94: Michelle Wimes —Diversity and Inclusion: What Does Your Diversity Story Look Like?
In this episode, I am excited to have Michelle Wimes on to talk about Diversity and Inclusion and talk about the importance of sharing your diversity story.
Michelle Wimes serves as the Chief Diversity and Professional Development Officer at one of the nation’s largest labor and employment law firms. In her role, Michelle leads the firm’s efforts to attract, develop, and advance a diverse group of attorneys across the firm’s national platform. Additionally, Michelle leads the firm’s attorney training and professional development efforts.
Topics Covered
Her incredible journey from being a lawyer in a multitude of different law specialties, to the D&I Professional she is today and her thoughts on diversity and inclusion in todays law firm. She talks on the challenges she faced as a WoC that is a lawyer and how far we have come and have yet to go with social biases and constructs. How Ogletree approaches D&I, by both creating a common language that imbues diversity in the firms mission and values while making diversity a shared responsibility with everyone. How to get buy-in from white males on D&I efforts, and getting away from the zero-sum game mentality on diversity that some non-PoC lawyers can feel. How getting involved with different D&I events and organizations and spreading your network their can greatly effect how a group of lawyers can view D&I in their own firm.
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