diversity report card::Southern California (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: CM = Costa Mesa, I = Irvine, LA = Los Angeles, NB = Newport Beach, R = Riverside, SD = San Diego
| female | black | hispanic | asian | lgbt | |||||||||
| rank | firm | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | overall | |
| 1 | Paul, Hastings (LA) | A | B | C | C | A | A | A | B | A | D | B | B |
| 2 | O'Melveny & Myers (LA) | B | C | B | B | F | A | A | A | B | A | B | |
| 3 | Sidley Austin (LA) | A | A | D | A | B | B | B | C | B | B | B | |
| 4 | Sheppard, Mullin (LA) | C | D | A | B | C | B | C | B | A | A | B | |
| 5 | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (LA) | B | A | F | F | B | A | A | D | C | B | C+ | C |
| 6 | Latham & Watkins (LA) | C | D | B | F | A | D | D | A | A | A | C+ | |
| 7 | Skadden, Arps (LA) | D | A | A | A | B | C | F | A | F | C | C+ | |
| 8 | Seyfarth Shaw (LA) | A | B | F | A | C | B | C | C | C | F | C+ | |
| 9 | Loeb & Loeb (LA) | B | C | B | B | F | D | D | D | B | B | C | |
| 10 | Dla Piper Us (SD) | C | C | A | F | C | C | B | D | C | F | C | |
| 11 | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (LA) | D | B | C | C | F | D | B | C | F | C | C- | |
| 12 | Rutan & Tucker (CM) | F | D | F | D | A | C | F | B | D | F | D+ | D |
| 13 | Quinn Emanuel | D | F | C | C | F | F | C | F | F | C | D | |
This chart aggregates the letter grades assigned in the diversity rankings in a "report card" format. The overall score is calculated by averaging the grades from all of the rankings, much like a GPA. Firms that score the same GPA are listed in alphabetical order. See How We Did This for more information on our methodology.
Bold denotes the most prestigious law firms in Southern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings