I, Noah Hagey, personally commit to the following:

Personal Commitment:

• Emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion within our firm.
• Actively participate in LCLD.
• Hold partners, associates and staff accountable for demonstrating decency and respect in interactions with colleagues and clients.
• Promote greater equity throughout firm, including in work assignments, hiring, and compensation.
• Meet quarterly with attorneys from diverse backgrounds to discuss their experiences within our firm, and ask each individual to come to the meeting with a recommendation for how the firm could improve.

Organizational Commitment:

• Develop a diversity pipeline program, including partnering with affinity groups at law schools and hiring at lease one 1L LCLD Scholar.
• Continue to recruit and hire diverse attorneys and commit to recruiting from a wide range of law schools, including HBCUs.
• Communicate to our professional and personal networks about the firm’s diversity initiatives.
• Continue to build a mentorship program to assist associates with career development, networking, and personal business development.
• Celebrate diverse heritages, cultures, and religious practices.
• Develop links with clients to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, including partnering on diverse summer fellowships/programming and pro bono matters.
• Host bi-annual facilitated dialogues amongst all firm leadership, attorneys and professional staffregarding diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Use BHB’s Impact Project to identify and address historical wrongs affecting disenfranchised groups, including African Americans.
• Partner with ACLU in public records act project to enforce California’s Racial Justice Act.