Sullivan & Cromwell is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is vital to the Firm’s ability to provide our clients with the highest level of service. Accordingly, the Firm’s culture and policies value the unique abilities and perspectives of every individual and support diversity in its broadest sense, including race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability and religious affiliation. 

The Firm’s Diversity Committee has the mandate of continually improving the effectiveness of Firm programs to attract, mentor, retain and assist in the advancement of our women and diverse lawyers. The Firm also has a Diversity Management Department (“DMD”) that is charged with developing, implementing and coordinating the Firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, events and programs. Realizing the importance of an integrated approach, the Diversity Committee and the DMD work closely with practice group leaders, Firm committees and other internal departments to ensure the Firm achieves its goals.

This ongoing commitment has led to great results, including the increased diversity of our partnership. As of January 1, 2012, the Firm had elected forty-four partners worldwide in the prior six years; of these forty-four partners, fifteen are women, eleven are minorities, and two are openly gay.

In its most recent rankings, Vault listed S&C as among the “15 Best Law Firms for Women.” In addition, MultiCultural Law magazine has named S&C to its annual list of the “Top 100 Law Firms for Women” for several years, including most recently in 2011. Click here for Diversity Recognitions.

In addition, our lawyers have diverse backgrounds; they speak over 30 languages fluently and they come from approximately 40 different countries and 150 different law schools.

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