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POLL: Has Your Law Firm Declared Juneteenth A Paid Firm Holiday?

Biglaw is getting on board with Juneteenth as a holiday. Which firms are recognizing this important day?

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Juneteenth Independence Day. Freedom or Emancipation day. Annual american holiday, celebrated in June 19. African-American history and heritage. Poster, greeting card, banner and background. VectorBack in June 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth an official federal holiday, memorializing the end of slavery in the United States. Before that momentous occasion, in the wake of protests that swept the nation following the George Floyd murder, Biglaw firms raced to meet the moment, stepping up one by one to announce that Juneteenth would be recognized as a holiday, giving employees the time to reflect on issues of racial injustice in America.

To our knowledge, these firms have declared Juneteenth a holiday, granting employees either half or full days off:

  1. Akerman
  2. Akin Gump
  3. Alterman Law Group
  4. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar
  5. Baker Botts
  6. Baker Donelson
  7. Ballard Spahr
  8. Blank Rome
  9. Boies Schiller
  10. Bradley Arant
  11. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
  12. Cahill
  13. Clifford Chance
  14. Cooley
  15. Covington
  16. Davis & Gilbert
  17. Davis Wright Tremaine
  18. Debevoise
  19. Dechert
  20. Dinsmore & Shohl
  21. Dorsey & Whitney
  22. Faegre Drinker
  23. Foley Hoag
  24. Foley & Lardner
  25. Freshfields
  26. Fried Frank
  27. Gibson Dunn
  28. Greenberg Traurig
  29. Greenspoon Marder
  30. Griesing Law
  31. Haynes and Boone
  32. Hogan Lovells
  33. Jackson Lewis
  34. Katten
  35. Kelley Drye
  36. Kiernan Trebach
  37. Kirkland
  38. Kramer Levin
  39. Latham
  40. Littler
  41. Loeb & Loeb
  42. Mayer Brown
  43. McDermott
  44. Moore & Van Allen
  45. Morgan Lewis
  46. Morrison & Foerster
  47. Munger Tolles & Olson
  48. Norton Rose
  49. Ogletree
  50. Patterson Belknap
  51. Paul Weiss
  52. Perkins Coie
  53. Polsinelli
  54. Reed Smith
  55. Ropes & Gray
  56. Schulte
  57. Selendy Gay
  58. Seyfarth
  59. Shearman
  60. Sheppard Mullin
  61. Sidley
  62. Simpson Thacher
  63. Stroock
  64. Sullivan & Cromwell
  65. Sullivan & Worcester
  66. Venable
  67. Vinson & Elkins
  68. Weil (opt-in)
  69. White & Case
  70. Willkie
  71. Wilson Sonsini
  72. Winston & Strawn

There are many, many more law firms in this country — where do the rest of the Am Law 100, Am Law 200, and elite boutiques stand as far as Juneteenth is concerned? Taking a step back from legal work to commemorate the day and encouraging all employees to reflect on the legacy of slavery sends a important signal from the top of the firm that this is a very important issue.

Please take our survey and let us know if your firm has declared Juneteenth a holiday. You can also email us, text us at (646) 820-8477, or tweet us @atlblog to let us know. Thank you.

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on X/Twitter and Threads or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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