CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Katten announced today that
Commercial Litigation practice Chair Becky
Lindahl presented a winning pitch in Diversity Lab's "2024
Moments to Movements Hackathon" alongside teams of law firm and
legal department leaders.
Lindahl was part of a winning team, "Control + Alt + Interrupt,"
which was awarded the Judges' Selection for its Leadership
Escalator 10.0 (LEX) proposal presented in July at New York University School of Law. The two-part LEX
concept includes tracking high-visibility work opportunities
offered to attorneys so they can grow and advance in their careers
and evaluating lawyer satisfaction with the quality of their work
assignments.
"It was an incredible experience pitching our idea in a 'Shark
Tank'-style competition to address how we can improve the general
work allocation process so all attorneys can have equal access to
the same opportunities as their colleagues and thrive," Lindahl
said. "As a practice leader and from personal experience, I am
cognizant of how work is assigned and how the type of assignments
distributed can be critical to the professional development of
attorneys, lead to advancement opportunities and impact
retention."
Over the past few months, Lindahl worked with her team to
explore actionable ideas and potential tools that could help ensure
fair and equitable distribution of career-making opportunities and
level the playing field for all talented attorneys.
Scoring hackathon criteria focused on impact potential,
feasibility of adopting the concept, and progress measurement.
Diversity Lab plans to further develop the winning solutions and
pilot them with participating law firms and legal departments. Its
inaugural 2016 hackathon resulted in the Mansfield Rule, aimed at
creating inclusive talent practices and diversifying law firm
leadership.
"At Katten, we care deeply about fostering an inclusive culture,
which entails giving all our attorneys access to high-quality work
so they can experience career growth and encouraging diverse
perspectives that help shape the innovative solutions we provide to
our clients," said Chief Diversity Partner Leslie Minier.
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700
attorneys in locations across the United
States and in London and
Shanghai. Clients seeking
sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel
locally, nationally and internationally. The firm's core areas of
practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency
and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate,
structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning,
private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and
private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of
government and nonprofit organizations and individuals. For more
information, visit katten.com.
Contact:
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Jackie Heard
+1.312.902.5450
jackie.heard@katten.com
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Leonor
Vivanco-Prengaman
+1.312.577.8371
Leonor.vivanco-prengaman@katten.com
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