Our Vision for the Future

Jones Day envisions a future in which the Firm and every component of the legal profession is diverse in the broadest sense of the term.  To make our vision for the future a reality, the Firm and its lawyers contribute to and participate in diversity activities and programs on the national, regional, and local levels.  We support and underwrite research, sponsor organizations, attend programs, host receptions, law camps, and other events, provide panelists, offer internships, scholarships, and fellowships, participate in job fairs, serve as judges for mock trial and moot court competitions, conduct mock interviews and mentor law students, and work to build the pipeline of minorities into the profession through our efforts in schools and colleges across the country.

Lawyers in all of our offices represent the Firm through their affiliations with many organizations that promote diversity, including but not limited to those listed here.
  • AIDS Legal Referral Panel
  • Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
  • Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • Chicago Committee on Minorities in large Law Firms
  • Columbus Bar Association LGBT Committee
  • Corporate Counsel Women of Color
  • Council on Legal Education Opportunity
  • DC Minority Attorney Networking Series
  • Filipino Lawyers of San Diego
  • Girls Inc.
  • Hispanic Bar Association of DC
  • Hispanic National Bar Association
  • Hispanic National Bar Foundation
  • Just The Beginning Foundation
  • Lambda Legal Read More
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
  • Leadership Institute for Women of Color
  • LeGAL of Greater New York
  • Mexican American Bar Foundation
  • Minority Corporate Counsel Association
  • NALP Diversity Summit
  • NAPABA
  • NASABA
  • National Association of Women Lawyers
  • National Bar Association
  • National Bar Association NY Diversity Roundtable
  • National Black Law Students Association
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • National Employment Law Council
  • NLGBT Bar Association
  • NY City Bar Diversity Fellowship Program
  • NY County Lawyers Association
  • Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego
  • Project for Attorney Retention
  • Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund
  • Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
  • Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law
  • Vault/MCCA Guide to law Firm Diversity Programs
  • Vault/MCCA Pathways to Diversity Conference
  • Washington Area Legal Recruitment Administrators Association Diversity Committee
  • Women's Bar Foundation of Illinois
  • Women in Derivatives

Affiliated with Law Students/Schools:
  • Cardozo LeGAL Career Fair
  • Catholic University of America New Admittees Diversity Reception
  • Columbia BLSA
  • DC Road Show at UVA, Columbia, NYU, Harvard, Michigan, Georgetown, Penn, Howard
  • Fordham APALSA
  • Fordham LALSA
  • Georgetown Law School BLSA
  • George Washington University BLSA
  • George Washington University Lambda Law
  • Harvard APALSA
  • Harvard BLSA
  • Harvard Dinner for Darfur & Haiti
  • Harvard SALSA
  • National BLSA
  • LA Area Legal Recruiters Association Diversity Networking Event
  • New York University APALSA
  • Northwestern BLSA
  • OSU Moritz College of Law BLSA Scholarship
  • CLA Law Firm Diversity Reception
  • UCLA Moot Court Competition
  • UCLA School of Law, The Williams Institute
  • UCLA La Raza
  • University of Houston Law Foundation
  • University of Maryland BLSA
  • University of Michigan APALSA
  • University of Michigan Black Law Alumni Society
  • University of Michigan LALSA
  • University of Pennsylvania APALSA
  • University of Pennsylvania BLSA
  • University of Pennsylvania LALSA
  • University of Texas Excellence in Diversity Weekend
  • University of Virginia BLSA
  • Yale Law School Pacific Islander, Asian and Native American Law Students Association

Pipeline Efforts (pre-Law School initiatives to encourage minorities and women to pursue a career in law)

Atlanta:

  • Spelman and Morehouse College Fellowships

Chicago:

  • Chicago Bar Association’s Annual Ronald Hubert Scholars Mock Trial Competition
  • “Lawyers in the Classroom” program with Constitutional Rights Foundation
  • Mock trial judges in collaboration with Northwestern BLSA for minority elementary school students

Cleveland: 

  • Teachers, Mock trial coaches, and internships for students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School Career Campus
  • Scholarships and mentoring for minority college students planning to study law
  • Hillel Foundation - Cleveland area college and law school students

Columbus: 

  • BLSA scholarship at OSU Moritz College of Law

Dallas: 

  • E-mentoring program for Dallas Independent School District middle & high school students
  • Internships for high school seniors in the Summer Law Program sponsored by Dallas Bar Association. and Dallas Independent School District

Houston: 

  • Junior JD Program for Houston middle school children featuring court visits, mock trials, job shadowing

Irvine: 

  • Bill of Rights program in Spanish for high school students

Los Angeles: 

  • Mentors to public school students, volunteers to Wilson High Law Magnet School
  • Scholarships to students entering law school through Hispanic Bar Association, the Japanese American Bar Association, the Latina Bar Association, and Mexican American Bar Foundation

New York:

  • Monthly “Lunch with Lawyers” program for students from the Urban Assembly Academy of Government & Law
  • “Introduction to Law” program for students in the YMCA Youth & Government program
  • Hosts of work study teams from Cristo Rey High School and the Lourdes Academy

Pittsburgh: 

  • Internships for Pittsburgh area high school students through bar association diversity program
  • Externship for diverse University of Pittsburgh pre-law students

San Francisco: 

  • Bar Association of San Francisco  Mock Trial Program & Law   Academy for diverse high school students

Silicon Valley:

  • Mock trial and career panel for New Technology High School with U.S. Dist. Court for N. Dist. of Calif.

Washington: 

  • Host of work study teams from Cristo Rey High School
  • Sponsors and coaches for Hispanic National Bar Foundation’s 2008 High School Law Camp and sponsors in 2009

Diversity Job Fairs:

  • Bay Area Diversity Career Fair
  • California NBLSA Job Fair
  • Cook County Minority Job Fair
  • Harvard BLSA 1L Job Fair
  • Harvard BLSA 2L Job Fair
  • Lavender Law/NLGLA Job Fair
  • LGBT 1L Legal Career Fair
  • MCAA / Vault Diversity Job Fair
  • Midwest BLSA Recruitment Conference
  • NBLSA Northern California Job Fair
  • NBLSA Western Region Job Fair
  • Northeast BLSA Job Fair
  • Rocky Mountain BLSA
  • Southeastern Minority Job Fair