Chahira Solh

In line with a core tenet of Crowell’s mission statement – “to create a community of individuals diverse in every way, meaningfully including the richness and breadth of their talents and perspectives in all that we do to deliver services to our clients and opportunities to every person within our firm” – I pledge the following:

• I will hold myself and others in firm leadership accountable to living out our core DEI values in the day-to-day business and operations of the firm, including sponsoring and developing the next generations of talent and proactively seeking to diversify client teams.
• I will personally meet with our current and former LCLD Fellows and Pathfinders to ensure they are getting as much support and development as possible through their respective programs, offering my own Fellows experience for guidance.
• I will work with our diverse group of C-Suite executives to ensure they and their teams have the resources they need to accomplish their goals and successfully develop the next generation of business professionals.
• I will ensure principles key to advancing equity and inclusion are consistent topics of discussion in regular Executive Committee, Management Board, Practice Group Leader, and partner meetings, and that discussions in these areas are approached with equity and inclusion in mind.
• I will work with practice group leaders, our DEI Committee, and Strategic Growth committees to ensure a diverse pipeline of partnership candidates and promotions.
• I will continue to champion our firm’s formal Sponsorship Program – inclusive of cohorts diverse in ways that include seniority, gender, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, and geography – and the further development of a sponsorship culture at Crowell.
• I will continue to personally identify, mentor, and sponsor our junior and mid-level talent among our associate, counsel, and junior partner populations, and I will urge and regularly remind my peers in leadership to do the same.

• Continue to support affinity group engagement, providing opportunities for networking, relationship-building, and professional and business development, including through targeted training and our bi-annual diversity retreats.
• Collaborate with clients to build business and client relationships with diverse pools of Crowell talent.
• Continue to recognize contributions to the firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts through the partner compensation process, and weigh these contributions in consideration of leadership appointments and other recognitions.
• Utilize lawyer and professional staff feedback received through our monthly firmwide pulse surveys and ongoing exit interviews to create a more inclusive culture and improve the attorney and professional staff experience.
• Continue to build out our professional development initiative dedicated to professional staff, keeping diversity of thought, identity, experience, and background, in mind.

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