Again in June 2021, President Joe Biden signed a invoice to make Juneteenth an official federal vacation, memorializing the top of slavery in the USA. Earlier than that momentous event, within the wake of protests that swept the nation following the George Floyd homicide, Biglaw corporations raced to satisfy the second, stepping up one after the other to announce that Juneteenth could be acknowledged as a vacation, giving staff the time to mirror on problems with racial injustice in America.
Sadly, occasions have modified since then, and in opposition to the backdrop of Trump’s sweeping anti-DEI declarations, Juneteenth celebrations have been dimmed, with assist for these initiatives being pulled. However what about regulation corporations?
To our information, the next corporations have declared Juneteenth a vacation, granting staff both half or full days off:
- Akerman
- Akin Gump
- Alterman Legislation Group
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar
- Baker Botts
- Baker Donelson
- Ballard Spahr
- Clean Rome
- Boies Schiller
- Bradley Arant
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
- Cahill
- Clifford Likelihood
- Cooley
- Covington
- Davis & Gilbert
- Davis Wright Tremaine
- Debevoise
- Dechert
- Dinsmore & Shohl
- Dorsey & Whitney
- Faegre Drinker
- Foley Hoag
- Foley & Lardner
- Freshfields
- Fried Frank
- Gibson Dunn
- Goulston & Storrs
- Greenberg Traurig
- Greenspoon Marder
- Griesing Legislation
- Haynes and Boone
- Hogan Lovells
- Jackson Lewis
- Katten
- Kelley Drye
- Kiernan Trebach
- Kirkland
- Kramer Levin
- Latham
- Littler
- Loeb & Loeb
- Mayer Brown
- McDermott
- Moore & Van Allen
- Morgan Lewis
- Morrison & Foerster
- Munger Tolles & Olson
- Norton Rose
- Ogletree
- Patterson Belknap
- Paul Weiss
- Perkins Coie
- Polsinelli
- Reed Smith
- Ropes & Grey
- Schulte
- Selendy Homosexual
- Seyfarth
- Shearman
- Sheppard Mullin
- Sidley
- Simpson Thacher
- Stroock
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Venable
- Vinson & Elkins
- Weil (opt-in)
- White & Case
- Willkie
- Wilson Sonsini
- Winston & Strawn
There are various, many extra regulation corporations on this nation — the place do the remainder of the Am Legislation 100, Am Legislation 200, midsize corporations, and elite boutiques stand so far as Juneteenth is anxious? Taking a step again from authorized work to commemorate the day and inspiring all staff to mirror on the legacy of slavery sends a vital sign from the highest of the agency that this can be a essential situation.
Please take our survey and tell us in case your agency has declared Juneteenth a vacation. You can even e mail us, textual content us at (646) 820-8477, tweet us @atlblog, or skeet us @abovethelaw.com to tell us. Thanks.
Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Legislation, the place she’s labored since 2011. She’d love to listen to from you, so please be at liberty to e mail her with any suggestions, questions, feedback, or critiques. You may comply with her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or join together with her on LinkedIn.
