This megathread is for tracking law firm responses to President Trump's attacks on DEI generally and on law firms in particular. Please let us know what your firm is doing in response. It is also a helpful update to let us know that your firm has not yet addressed the situation at all.
There are three ways to update the sub:
The current information I have is listed below. Firms with especially notable responses are bolded. I'll add additional firms as I get updates for them. I am a biglaw associate and pretty busy, so while I'm aiming to update this at least daily, there might be days where I slip.
Updated 3/31/25
|Law Firm|Targeted?|Communications from Firm|Actions Taken| |:-|:-|:-|:-| |A&O Shearman|Received EEOC Information Request|1) sent email to employees saying it is committed to inclusion and acknowledging the EEOC letter and that it “is handling the request as it would any other regulatory inquiry and will provide information when appropriate.”; 2) sent a video in which the firm co-chair reaffirmed the firms commitment to inclusion, fairness, and opportunity but does not mention any specific actions|| |Cooley|Received EEOC Information Request||Representing Jenner & Block| |Covington|Subject of "Presidential Action" stripping security clearances and direct government representation||| |Debevoise|Received EEOC Information Request||| |DLA Piper|Not targeted|Sent internal email noting that they would "evolve from our previous diversity and inclusion initiatives.”|Preemptively disbanded minority interest groups| |Freshfields|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Gibson Dunn|||Deleted mention of "diversity" from recruiting site| |Goodwin|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Hogan Lovells|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Holwell Shuster and Goldberg|||Removed diversity page from website| |Jenner & Block|Target of EO||Filed lawsuit; TRO granted| |Keker||Wrote a NYT Op-Ed promising to fight and asking others to join them.|| |King & Spalding||No public announcements|Deleted all diversity-related website pages| |Kirkland|Received EEOC Information Request||Cancelled diversity summit for students; rebranded DEI websites; deleted references to diversity scholarships.| |Latham|Received EEOC Information Request||Cancelled diversity summit for students (moved to virtual and renamed); rebranded associate diversity summit; still offering diversity scholarships and programs| |McDermott|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Milbank|Received EEOC Information Request|Internal email announcing start of recruitment also noted that the 2L diversity scholarship program was being cancelled|Scrubbed DEI-related external and internal webpages| |Morgan Lewis|Received EEOC Information Request||| |MoFo|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Munger Tolles|||Circulating an amicus brief among BigLaw firms in support of Perkins Coie| |Paul, Weiss|Target of EO; EO rescinded|Open letter to associates from Brad Karp defending firm's decision, 3/23.|Reached settlement with Trump Administration 3/21| |Perkins Coie|Target of EO||Filed lawsuit; TRO granted| |Quinn Emmanuel|||Represented PW in settlement talks| |Reed Smith|Received EEOC Information Request||| |Ropes & Gray|Received EEOC Information Request||Deleted diversity-related pages from website, replaced eith an "Our Values" page that does not mention diversity| |S&C|||Advised Trump in connection with law firm EOs| |Schulte Roth & Zabel|||Deleted diversity-related pages from website| |Selendy Gay||PR release committing to support Perkins, Covington, and the ABA in defense of the rule of law|| |Sidley Austin|Received EEOC Information Request||Removed all DEI language from recruiting materials| |Skadden|Received EEOC Information Request; presumably cleared by 3/28 settlement|Sent explanatory email to associates and alumni|Agreed to preemptive settlement with Trump Administration 3/28| |STB|Received EEOC Information Request||Removed references to diversity from website materials and programs.| |White & Case|Received EEOC Information Request|Internal email announcing DEI changes 3/31|Discontinuing their Diversity and Inclusion function and Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Introducing a new initiative “Engagement and Development”| |Williams & Connolly|||Representing Perkins Coie| |WilmerHale|Target of EO; Under EEOC Investigation||Filed lawsuit; TRO granted|