diversity report card::Northern California (from betterlegalprofession.org)
abbreviations: SF = San Francisco, SV = Silicon Valley
| female | black | hispanic | asian | lgbt | |||||||||
| rank | firm | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | partner | assoc | overall | |
| 1 | Morrison & Foerster (SF) | C | C | C | A | B | A | B | C | A | A | B | B |
| 2 | Hanson, Bridgett (SF) | A | A | A | B | F | D | C | F | A | A | B- | |
| 3 | Bingham Mccutchen (SF) | B | B | A | C | F | C | C | C | B | A | B- | |
| 4 | Wilson Sonsini (SV) | D | C | B | C | A | C | B | A | D | C | C+ | C |
| 5 | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (SF) | A | A | A | F | A | F | F | B | B | C | C+ | |
| 6 | Morrison & Foerster (SV) | B | D | F | B | F | A | A | A | C | F | C | |
| 7 | Reed Smith | F | C | B | A | B | C | C | D | C | D | C | |
| 8 | Pillsbury Winthrop (SF) | F | F | F | C | C | A | A | D | A | B | C | |
| 9 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SV) | C | F | F | B | B | D | A | A | C | D | C | |
| 10 | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (SF) | D | B | C | A | C | D | D | D | B | C | C | |
| 11 | Cooley Godward Kronish (SV) | A | D | F | D | A | F | B | A | F | D | C | |
| 12 | Latham & Watkins (SF) | D | B | B | D | F | B | F | B | F | B | C- | |
| 13 | Farella Braun + Martel (SF) | C | D | F | D | C | B | D | C | D | B | C- | |
| 14 | Sedgwick, Detert (SF) | A | A | F | F | F | A | D | F | F | F | D+ | 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 Northern California, according to vault's 2011 regional rankings
"SV" in this chart stands for Silicon Valley and includes Palo Alto and Menlo Park.