Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Achieves Mansfield Certification for Third Consecutive Year

MILWAUKEE – Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. (Reinhart) is proud to announce it has received Mansfield Rule Certification for 2023-2024, an accomplishment that serves as a testament to the firm’s ongoing commitment to cultivating a diverse leadership team, attracting and retaining top talent from underrepresented groups and ensuring the equitable allocation of new business opportunities. The Mansfield Rule Certification, administered by Diversity Lab, is the leading international initiative to eliminate the gender and diversity gap in the legal profession.

“Achieving the Mansfield Certification for the third year in a row is a significant milestone for the firm. It underscores our dedication to fostering diverse talent and perspectives,” says Reinhart CEO Al Orr. “In an increasingly complex legal landscape, an inclusive leadership team is essential to our ability to deliver exceptional results for our clients."

Mansfield has become the science-backed and data-driven benchmark for law firms to ensure that they have actively considered candidates from diverse backgrounds for leadership positions, promotions to equity partnerships and client pitch meetings. The benchmark qualification for certification requires, among other commitments, that more than 30 percent of the attorneys considered for these roles and opportunities are women attorneys, attorneys from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, attorneys with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ attorneys. Reinhart consistently considers these and other attributes for such roles and opportunities.

“Reinhart is proud to stand with the firms that have achieved Mansfield Certification to advance a core value in the legal profession: that everyone should have a fair opportunity for career advancement,” said Jessica Hutson Polakowski, Co-Chair of the firm’s DEI Committee. “We believe that a workplace where one can not only succeed – but lead – is best suited to serve our clients and communities.”

About Diversity Lab

Diversity Lab is an incubator for innovative ideas and solutions that boost diversity and inclusion in law. Experimental ideas are piloted in collaboration with more than 250 top law firms and legal departments across the country. Diversity Lab leverages data, behavioral science, design thinking, and technology to further develop and test new ideas and research, measure the results, and share the lessons learned. For more information, visit www.diversitylab.com.