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Have no issue with the concept. It's blunt. But necessarily so. Diversity has a limited track record in law firms, most obviously the waste of senior female lawyers leaving or not making partner (just c.22% of partners in the top 100). But it's part of a bigger issue, how good an employer the firm is in practice (versus what their policies proclaim them to be). In many firms whether you're a good manager is nowhere near as critical as your billing record when partner promotions are concerned. Firms and partners who aren't good employers, treating staff fairly, are hardly likely to care in reality about one component of that, diversity. It's one reason a higher proportion of women work in house. Ultimately, unless it directly hits the bottom line in a tangible way, the average partner is not going to put much emphasis on equality when hiring or promoting. So good on HP.