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Blank Rome Receives 2018 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Compass Award

Compass AwardBlank Rome LLP has earned the 2018 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (“LCLD”) Compass Award for its participation in and support of LCLD’s mission and programs. The Firm and Blank Rome Chairman and Managing Partner Alan J. Hoffman were honored for this achievement at the Ninth Annual LCLD Membership Meeting held October 15-16, 2018, at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.

New in 2018, the Compass Award recognizes individuals and member organizations that fulfill all of the following requirements in a calendar year: 1) attendance at the LCLD Annual Meeting and 2) participation in the LCLD Fellows, Pathfinders, and Pipeline Programs (1L Scholars Program or the Success in Law School Mentoring Program).   

As a longtime member organization, Blank Rome is proud to partner with LCLD in its mission of helping a new and more diverse generation of attorneys ascend to positions of leadership. Earlier this year, the Firm announced that associates Domingo Manuel LLagostera, Melissa Fundora Murphy, and Victoria Ortega were selected to join the LCLD 2018 Fellows and Pathfinders programs. For a full list of Blank Rome’s former LCLD Fellows and Pathfinders, please visit our Attorneys of Color Affinity Group page.