Achievements and Notables

Sidley has been named as a 2009 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women. Sidley is among the 50 winning law firms praised for their continued attention to work/life and women’s issues and for their use of flex-time, reduced-hour and other family-friendly policies to ensure the future success of the profession. Sidley is one of only 15 law firms that have received this honor every year since the list’s inception, having been named to the list in 2007 and 2008.

Sidley received a ‘perfect’ 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2008 and 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CEI, which this year rated 583 businesses, is a report card on LGBT equality in corporate America. The criteria for ratings include discrimination policies, diversity training, partner health benefits and external engagement of the LGBT community. Further, businesses that are recognized with a rating of 100 percent hold the distinction of being the "Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality."

In recognition of our firmwide diversity initiative, Sidley received the 2005 Catalyst Award, which is given annually by Catalyst, the leading research and advisory organization dedicated to expanding opportunities for women and business.

Sidley received a “Diversity Award” from Baxter Healthcare in 2004, based on the value of the work our women lawyers handle for the company.

Sidley received an Honorable Mention for the 2004 Western Region Thomas L. Sager Award and was the winner of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Thomas L. Sager Award in 2003 and 1999, which recognizes law firms that have demonstrated a sustained commitment to improve the hiring, retention and promotion of minority lawyers.

Sidley was one of only six law firms profiled by Lawrence Graham in The Best Companies for Minorities: Employers Across America Who Recruit, Train, and Promote Minorities.

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