Diversity Giving

Gray Plant Mooty was one of the founders of Twin Cities Diversity in Practice, a distinguished group of area law firms and corporations collaborating on strategies to hire, retain, and advance attorneys of color in the Twin Cities.

On behalf of the Diversity committee and the Gray Plant Mooty Foundation, the firm contributed to the following events in 2009:

• Asian Pacific American Bar Association Annual Dinner and Auction in Washington, DC

In 2009, Gray Plant Mooty demonstrated its support for this organization with attorney and staff involvement in various events and initiatives. Judith Bevis Langevin, chair of the firm’s Employment & Labor Law practice group, joined the Twin Cities Diversity in Practice board of directors. As one of a handful of law firms involved in the launch of the organization in 2006, Gray Plant Mooty has maintained a seated board representative with Twin Cities Diversity in Practice in each of the past four years.

Gray Plant Mooty also hosted the 2009 “Mapping Your Legal Pathways” event. This Twin Cities Diversity in Practice event, designed for first-year students of color from area law schools, helped those individuals prepare for fall on-campus interviews. It also gave the students an opportunity to network with attorneys who specialize in certain practice areas. Approximately 30 students attended the event as well as 40 attorneys from local law firms and corporations.

• Twin Cities Diversity in Practice “Mapping Your Legal Pathways” event, held at Gray Plant Mooty’s Minneapolis office

• GeoPlunge Challenge, co-sponsored by the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs and Washington, DC, Public Schools

• Human Rights Campaign Annual Dinner

• Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers Foundation Annual Dinner and Scholarship Gala

• Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner in St. Cloud

• Minnesota Black Women Lawyers Network Lena O. Smith Recognition Luncheon

• Minnesota Lavender Bar Association Conference

• Hispanic Bar Association Public Interest Fellowship Program

GRAY PLANT MOOTY: YEAR IN REVIEW

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