DEI Honors and Awards

Haynes Boone is proud to have a long standing focus in the area of diversity, equity and initiatives. We believe that recognition for our diversity efforts helps build momentum to support our recruitment and retention of the widest and best cross-section of attorney talent. That is why we are proud of such designations and rankings as these.

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DEI Honors and Awards

Mansfield Rule

Haynes Boone achieved Mansfield Certification Plus status for the 2023-2024 Mansfield 7.0 period from Diversity Lab in the firm’s fifth year of achieving Mansfield Certification. The firm also earned the additional Mansfield Certification Plus designation, reserved for firms that voluntarily measure the outcomes of their inclusive processes and have achieved positive results.

The Mansfield Rule is a structured certification process which is designed to promote a fair and equal opportunity to advance into leadership for all talent at participating firms. Mansfield is focused on broadening the talent pool for consideration, including those historically underrepresented in the legal profession, to facilitate transparent pathways to leadership.

Bloomberg Diversity 2024

Bloomberg Law recognized Haynes Boone for its demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by naming the firm to its 2024 DEI Framework.

Our firm is among 57 U.S.-based law firms recognized in the DEI Framework for their level of disclosure and distinguished performance against six pillar areas. The firm beat the industry average score in recruitment and retention, leadership and talent pipeline, diversity and inclusion marketing, firm demographics and disclosure.

  • This is the third consecutive year for Haynes Boone to be listed in Bloomberg Law’s DEI Framework.
  • The DEI Framework was developed in 2021 and is the legal industry’s first and only standardized, fully transparent methodology to measure law firms’ performance in this critical arena.
LCLD Compass 2024

The Leadership Council for Legal Diversity (LCLD) has recognized Haynes Boone as a leader in inclusivity in the legal profession with its 2024 Compass Award, which honors law firms and corporations for their involvement in LCLD and the promotion of LCLD’s mission of an inclusive legal profession. LCLD includes more than 450 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners focusing on building a more equitable and diverse legal profession.

The Compass Award requires a firm or company to meet several key objectives. 

  • It must have a managing partner or general counsel take part in the organization.
  • A firm also needs to nominate mid-career and early-career attorneys who will benefit from increased leadership and relationship-building training.
  • Finally, a firm or corporation must offer mentorship or professional skills training for first-year law students.
ABA Diversity Badge

In February 2024, the American Bar Association bestowed its annual 2024 Alexander Award for Excellence in Pipeline Diversity, sponsored by the ABA’s Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, upon Haynes Boone.

The accolade acknowledges outstanding leadership in pipeline initiatives, recognizing firms and individuals who support success through all levels of the educational journey, beginning with mentorship of elementary school students through law school and into the professional practice of law.

At Haynes Boone, the Pipeline Initiative Network works to expose diverse students of all ages to the legal field in the interest of developing a talented legal workforce that represents an array of backgrounds and perspectives.
Haynes Boone received the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association’s 2024 Law Firm Excellence Award at the Annual Noche de Luz Gala. This award is presented to a law firm that has led the Dallas legal community by taking substantive positions on issues of importance to the Hispanic community, advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and supporting Hispanic attorneys so that they may become part of the next generation of leaders in Dallas.
DEI CAL Bronze

Haynes Boone received a Bronze DEI Leadership Seal from the State Bar of California in 2023. The DEI Leadership Seal Program recognizes California-based legal employers who implement research-driven actions that further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and in the legal profession.

Haynes Boone ranked 21st nationally in The American Lawyer’s 2023 Diversity Scorecard, published by ALM Media, which graded 228 American law firms by the diversity of their attorney populations.

The American Lawyer takes a nuanced approach to these rankings, including firms’ “percentage of racial and ethnic diversity across lawyer headcount by role; leadership of the executive committee, offices and practice and industry groups; and their hiring, retention and promotion of diverse talent.”

Chambers Associate The Chambers Associate Survey assessment confirmed Haynes Boone as a culture leader, grading the firm in its “Excellent Performer” category (equivalent of top 25) in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as well as retention.
Haynes Boone ranked as the 19th best firm for “overall diversity” and the seventh best firm in “diversity for women.” Vault ranks firms based on market feedback and analysis, along with surveys sent to associates at firms across the country.