Big Law Embraces Juneteenth With Programs, Days Off for Workers

Big Law is stepping up efforts to recognize Juneteenth, which falls on Saturday, after last year’s protests and firms’ own diversity shortcomings put a spotlight on racial inequities in the U.S.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is hosting a Pulitzer Prize-winning author Friday for a talk; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius is helping to distribute food to the needy; and Squire Patton Boggs is hosting what it describes as candid exchanges on race in offices globally. Those are just some of the activities firms have planned—and most firms also gave workers a paid day off.

“We are observing Juneteenth as ...