News

9 Nov 2015

DLA Piper named finalist in Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2015

DLA Piper in Australia has been named as a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2015 in the following three categories:

Diversity Law Firm of the Year
Melinda Upon, Mentor of the Year
Jane Hider, Mentor of the Year

The annual Women in Law Awards recognises the achievements of women in the legal industry at all levels, and in all areas.

A total of 132 finalists were named across 18 categories.

The full list of finalists can be found here, and winners were announced at a presentation dinner in Melbourne on Friday 27 November.

Other News and Awards

DLA Piper's Roger Meltzer named to the <em>National Law Journal</em> 2019 list of Equality Trailblazers

19 Sep 2019

Region: Americas

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Roger Meltzer, global co-chairman and Americas co-chairman, has been named to the National Law Journal inaugural list of Equality Trailblazers.

DLA Piper receives Mansfield 2.0 Certified Plus status in recognition of its efforts to increase diversity in firm leadership

4 Sep 2019

Region: Americas

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that the firm has achieved Mansfield 2.0 Certified Plus status for 2019 as a result of its implementation of the Mansfield Rule, an initiative through which participating law firms consider at least 30 percent diverse lawyers for leadership and governance roles, equity partner promotions and lateral positions.