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AFS DEI Initiative Highlights

AFS Diversity Scholarship Program Midlevel Retreat DEI Programming

The AFS Diversity Scholarship Program is part of our efforts to In early May 2023, AFS hosted our 7th annual Midlevel Associate
increase diversity at the firm and in the legal profession. Since 2006, Retreat in Washington, DC. Focused on professional development
we have annually awarded scholarships to law students from diverse and building community, this retreat brings together midlevel
backgrounds, resulting in over 60 scholarships and growing. We associates from across the firm. As part of the programming, the AFS
award up to five scholarships annually, and each recipient receives a DEI team hosted the Welcome Reception and helped to infuse DEI
$25,000 scholarship. throughout the retreat, including mindfulness meditation mornings
to start each day.
Firmwide DEI Training

AFS requires that all attorneys and business professionals attend Catalyst Award
DEI training. With this training, we hope to continue to build upon Established in 2014, the Catalyst Award honors an AFS attorney or
our efforts to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels staff member’s exceptional efforts to enhance and foster diversity,
like they belong. equity, and inclusion. Each year, the firm chooses a recipient who
exemplifies the firm’s commitment to DEI in the legal profession
and beyond. The Catalyst Award recipient can choose a charitable
AFS Fellows Program organization to which the firm will donate $1,000 on their behalf.
We are committed to creating a new generation of inclusive leaders
at the firm and in the legal profession. Our AFS Fellows Program
focuses on leadership development, management skills, diversity,
inclusion, and empowerment.

Since its inception in 2017, the program has welcomed 70 Fellows
from diverse backgrounds, including:

50% 37% 7%

2023 Recipient
Women Underrepresented Racial LGBTQ+ M. Scott Peeler
& Ethnic Backgrounds Partner, NY

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