The Move the Needle Fund ("MTN") is the first collaborative effort designed and funded with $5M to test innovative initiatives to create a more diverse and inclusive legal profession. Despite decades of hard work by industry stakeholders to diversify the talent pool — from law students through law firm and legal department leadership — the needle hasn't moved far enough fast enough. To drive greater progress, five law firms, 25+ general counsel, and a dozen community leaders are embarking on a different approach. They will work together through MTN to create a first-of-its-kind experimental "laboratory" in which bold new approaches will be incubated over five years in the law firms to serve as a model for learning and transformative change in the legal profession and beyond.

Diversity Lab ("DL") is an incubator for innovative ideas and solutions that boost diversity and inclusion in law. Experimental ideas are created through Hackathons and piloted in collaboration with more than 150 top law firms and legal departments across the country. DL leverages data, behavioral science, design thinking, and technology to further develop and test the ideas, measure the results, and share the lessons learned. Through publicly available reports, DL shares the results of its ground-breaking research and pilot initiatives.