Last year there were 81 law firms on the 100 per cent scores list of the Corporate Equality Index. The results mean that over half of the 149 law firms which participated among the US's top 200 legal practices got maximum marks. The index measures the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender personnel by looking at policies and committments and other aspects of the working environment of the firms. 

Fast progress

Deena Fidas, director of the foundation's workplace equality programme, said that in the six years that lawfirms have been participating 'the legal field soon eclipsed other industries as having the most top-rated employers on their midst'. Source: ABA