Inclusive to the Core
For over 40 years, MoFo has been committed to creating a culture that respects and celebrates differences, while providing an inclusive environment where everyone’s contributions are valued. It is essential to who we are as a firm. By each bringing our diverse experiences to work, we strengthen the quality of the service that we provide to our clients, the legal profession, and our communities.
We’ve been a long-time champion for diversity within the legal profession and take pride in our diverse workplace. We believe that lawyers with different backgrounds, interests, and experiences work together to create better solutions and offer innovative perspectives for our clients. We continuously work to attract, develop, and retain talented lawyers from all backgrounds.
Trevor L. James, Europe Diversity Committee Co-Chair
"Global clients require global lawyers. We advise clients from all over the world on their complex transactions and problems. Having diverse teams and an environment where everyone has a voice, results in us approaching issues from different perspectives, which in turn gives the client better and more creative solutions."
London Diversity + Inclusion Initiatives
MoFo Together
MoFo Together aims to address the barriers facing underrepresented communities (including ethnic minorities) by raising awareness and providing dedicated support to help every individual at Morrison Foerster live their potential. Valuing, respecting, and celebrating cultural differences are fundamental to growing and sustaining a diverse workforce, improving the experience of underrepresented groups, and looking at the role that each MoFo colleague has as an ally to support. MoFo Together seeks to do this, and more, by spearheading initiatives to create an inclusive workplace for all through the four pillars of inclusion, education, empowerment, and representation.
MoFo Women
MoFo Women regularly holds events addressing global topics and regional ones, with a packed agenda of programmes for women and allies. Based on the four pillars, their strategic approach ensures that topics facing women in the profession now and in the future are explored and openly discussed to enhance the support needed and available. Our senior female lawyers in London also play a role in the firm’s global Women’s Strategy Committee, which works closely with firm leadership, including the firm’s chair, firmwide managing partners, and the board of directors to ensure that the advancement of women is a constant strategic priority.
MoFo Proud
MoFo London’s active LGBTQ+ affinity group brings together members of that community as well as its supporters. MoFo Proud provides a forum to discuss issues of concern to the LGBTQ+ community and works to advance networking opportunities within the London office and the firm, with clients, and across the broader London business community. We’re proud that our chair emeritus was the first openly gay managing partner of an international law firm.