COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) has honored Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP with a 2022 Compass Award, recognizing those law firms and corporations showing a strong commitment to building more diverse organizations and a more inclusive legal profession.

LCLD is one of the nation’s leading organizations promoting diversity and consists of more than 430 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners – the leadership of the profession – who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession, according to the organization. Managing Partner Jim Lehman has been a member since 2015.

The Compass Award recognizes those individuals and organizations that fulfill all of the following requirements in a single calendar year:

• Member attendance at the LCLD Annual Membership Meeting and/or member attendance at a Leadership Summit and/or submission of a Leader’s Pledge.
• Participation in the LCLD Fellows and Pathfinder Programs.
• Participation in an LCLD Pipeline program (the 1L Scholars program or the Success in Law School Mentoring Program).

Nelson Mullins has a dedicated, large, and active Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Under the leadership of this committee, the firm provides targeted pipeline and professional development programs and continued support of affinity and networking groups that support female, minority, and LGBTQ+ attorneys. The firm has a chief diversity, equity, and inclusion partner; two attorneys who serve as diversity partners; and a director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an Am Law 100 firm of more than 930 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.