{"id":102033,"date":"2025-01-28T02:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/diversity-lab-alters-dei-centered-verbiage-on-mansfield-certification-website\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T10:59:59","slug":"diversity-lab-alters-dei-centered-verbiage-on-mansfield-certification-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/01\/28\/diversity-lab-alters-dei-centered-verbiage-on-mansfield-certification-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Lab Alters DEI-Centered Verbiage on Mansfield Certification Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The requirements remain in place, Diversity Lab&#8217;s founder and CEO said, amid other recent changes to the site&#8217;s language on DEI.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/911855192\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/911855192\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/911855192\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/29\/911855192\/law\/legal-news,\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/pinterest20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Stumble This\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/12\/911855192\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/stumble20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Post to X.com\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/24\/911855192\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/x.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Subscribe by RSS\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/20\/911855192\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<div data-v-e97bc92c=\"\">\n<p>Diversity Lab has altered some of the language on the Mansfield Certification website, removing references to minimum thresholds for minority candidates along with other diversity-centered verbiage. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-e97bc92c=\"\">\n<p>The changes coincide with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2025\/01\/27\/big-law-aims-to-make-dei-less-divisive-in-trumps-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">predictions<\/a> by DEI professionals and consultants that law firms de-emphasize language perceived as divisive to avoid being targeted by an anti-DEI Trump administration. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The requirements remain in place, Diversity Lab&#8217;s founder and CEO said, amid other recent changes to the site&#8217;s language on DEI. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Diversity Lab has altered some of the language on the Mansfield Certification website, removing references to minimum thresholds for minority candidates along with other diversity-centered verbiage. 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