Ropes & Gray Hires First-Ever Director of Diversity ​

Ropes & Gray has added Kia Scipio as its first director of diversity and inclusion in Washington as the legal industry focuses more and more on diversity.

Scipio comes from Fish & Richardson, which she joined in 2017 as diversity and inclusion manager. Prior to that she served as director of small and medium firms and diversity and inclusion initiatives at Georgetown University Law Center, where she counseled law students and developed employer relationships.

She previously worked in senior professional development positions at McKenna Long & Aldridge,—now combined with Dentons— and at Paul Hastings. She also served as assistant director ...