Six New Ideas From the Diversity in Law Hackathon

Nine teams competing in the Diversity in Law Hackathon gathered at Harvard Law School on Friday, after four months of brainstorming, to sell a discerning panel of judges their proposals to increase diversity in the legal industry.

The hackathon, organized by Diversity Lab and sponsored by Bloomberg Law, was the second of its kind. The first event, hosted in 2016, led to the creation of the Mansfield Rule, a policy that requires law firms to consider women and minority lawyers when it comes to promoting and hiring talent. Dozens of law firms have already implemented a pilot program ...