Diversity

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. recognizes the importance of building a truly diverse legal profession. The firm believes that excellence in client service is achieved by a diverse workforce that provides different perspectives for finding better and innovative solutions for clients. An inclusive workforce is most effective for building and maintaining the community relationships necessary to best serve our clients. Finally, Reinhart believes that valuing diversity breeds a firm culture respected by the community, bar associations and the public sector.

The firm's Diversity Committee is dedicated to providing programs, benefits and recruiting efforts for building a more diverse workforce. Our Diversity Committee is made up of partners, associates and staff who are active in attending professional and community events and in maintaining contacts in diverse bar associations and other relevant organizations. They serve as mentors and resources for incoming attorneys of diverse backgrounds.

Reinhart is active in advancing the development of minority professionals, and it dedicates significant resources to the success of minority business communities of all professions in Wisconsin. Reinhart's Legal Opportunity Youth Internship Program provides high school and college students an opportunity to participate in a real life experience to learn what lawyers do. The goal of this program is to provide minority and socially and economically disadvantaged students interested in the practice of law to experience the opportunities available in the legal profession and to have access to mentors who can assist them in pursuing a career in the legal profession.

Members of the firm are frequent participants in state and local events that provide assistance to minorities, women and veteran owned businesses and offer presentations and counsel clients on implementing supplier diversity programs, including identifying ways for non-minority-owned companies to form relationships with minorities and/or women to capture business opportunities. Our attorneys work extensively with various groups and serve in board capacities to such groups as the Wisconsin Business Resource Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating, expanding and preserving businesses owned by minorities, women and those who meet the federal definition of disadvantaged. We have proudly sponsored the Wisconsin State Bar Committee to Encourage Placement of Minority Lawyers Minority Summer Clerkship Program and programs for the Wisconsin Association of African American Lawyers and Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association.

Reinhart has made significant strides in advancing the success of women in business. Since 2002 the firm has sponsored an annual leadership conference for women business leaders as a means of offering quality programs to women business owners and executives on issues vital to these individuals today. Year-round we offer seminars specific to women in business on such topics as accessing capital, financial planning, securing board of director positions and philanthropy.

Finally, Reinhart is a long-standing and committed equal opportunity employer. The firm does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, color, disability, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, arrest or conviction record, developmental disability, or sexual orientation with respect to employment, training, advancement, pay or other terms and conditions of employment.