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: InhouseBlog - News and Jobs for Inhouse CounselMajor Companies Pledge $30 Million to Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms
By Law.com
About a dozen major corporations, including Prudential Financial, DuPont and Microsoft, pledged Thursday to spend $30 million in 2010 on minority- and women-owned law firms as part of a new commitment called the Inclusion Initiative. In-house lawyers at DuPont and Prudential hatched the idea and recruited in-house lawyers at other companies to build a larger coalition, says Prudential GC Susan Blount. Other companies in the coalition include American Airlines, Accenture, Comcast and General Mills.
[via Small Firm Business - Major Companies Pledge $30 Million to Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms.]
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