Diversity Policy: Hunton & Williams has endorsed and enthusiastically supports the strong commitment to diversity outlined in BellSouth Corporation's Diversity in the Workplace: A Statement of Principle and SaraLee Corporation's Call to Action – Diversity in the Legal Profession. An excerpt from BellSouth's Statement reads, in part:

Our companies conduct business throughout the United States and around the world, and we value highly the perspectives and varied experiences which are found only in a diverse workplace. Our companies recognize that diversity makes for a broader, richer environment which produces more creative thinking and solutions. Thus, we believe that promoting diversity is essential to the success of our respective businesses. It is also the right thing to do.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: The firm has long been committed to a broad policy of equal employment opportunity that exceeds legal mandates and covers all aspects of the employment process, from recruiting and hiring to training and promotion. Our EEO Policy explains our dedication to both the letter and spirit of equal opportunity.

It is a fundamental and long-standing policy of this firm that all employment and human resources policies and decisions be adopted and implemented without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.  In keeping with this policy, the firm commits itself to complying fully with the spirit, as well as the letter, of all applicable local, state and federal laws, executive orders, and regulations implementing the national objective of equal employment opportunity for all persons.

The firm's statement to the National Association for Law Placement also highlights our nondiscrimination policy and summarizes our firmwide minority recruiting efforts.

Collegial Working Environment: Hunton & Williams is equally committed to providing a congenial, professional working atmosphere for both lawyers and staff, free of physical, psychological or verbal harassment. The firm has adopted a strong policy against harassment, which applies to sexual harassment as well as to harassment based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, or any other protected category. Extensive training at all levels is conducted to ensure that lawyers and staff are aware of the policy and the complaint procedure for seeking corrective action.

Affirmative Action:  Hunton & Williams has developed and is implementing a firmwide Affirmative Action Plan designed to foster diversity and equal employment opportunity. The plan includes an extensive analysis of the firm's internal demographics and employment practices. It also contains goals for diversity enhancement, with reference to location-specific factors such as the minority population in the surrounding recruiting area. Our legal recruiting program, which seeks to attract exceptionally capable lawyers, incorporates a focused minority recruiting effort, including regular participation in regional minority job fairs.

Work-Life Programs: The firm strives to provide a family-friendly working environment that recognizes the importance of commitments to family as well as to clients. Several committee and task forces within the firm— including the Women Partners' Group, the Diversity Committee, the Associates Committee and the firm-sponsored Women's Networking Forum—regularly address such issues as reduced-hour arrangements, leave policies, child care and other methods of assisting lawyers and staff in the challenges of balancing work and family life.

Community Outreach: Hunton & Williams' community service and outreach initiatives reflect the broad interests of our lawyers and staff in providing legal services and other types of assistance to a wide variety of pro bono clients and charitable groups. Projects supported by the firm include maintaining a neighborhood pro bono office in the oldest and poorest community in Richmond, Virginia; staffing an elder law clinic; assisting an AIDS service organization; participating in domestic violence programs; supporting battered women's shelters; and representing refugees from countries around the world — including Haiti, Turkey, Tibet, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Indonesia — in proceedings for political asylum in conjunction with the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

Sponsorships and Partnerships: Hunton & Williams is a regular patron and sponsor of a number of diversity-related events each year, including the Minority Corporate Counsel Association's Creating Pathways to Diversity Annual Conference and the NAPABA Annual Conference, among others. The firm also seeks to partner with clients and local bar associations in the area of diversity. For example, Hunton & Williams has sponsored summer clerkships for minority law students in several of its offices in partnership with local clients and/or bar associations. In addition, the firm continually works with its clients to ensure that the team of highly qualified lawyers we provide reflects the diversity of their organizations.