Nixon Peabody was selected to be the fifth and final firm to join Diversity Lab’s Move the Needle Fund, a $5 million “laboratory” for research initiatives and programs designed to address the lack of diversity in the legal profession.

Nixon Peabody joins Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Goodwin Procter; Eversheds Sutherland; and Stoel Rives, along with more than 25 general counsel, who hail from such corporations as Bloomberg, Ford Motor Co., Starbucks, and 3M, among others.