As a member of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, Miller Canfield has committed to collaborating with law firms nationwide to "leverage the resources of the private bar in partnership with legal services organizations to amplify the voices of communities and individuals oppressed by racism, to better use the law as a vehicle for change that benefits communities of color and to promote racial equity in the law," as stated in the LFAA charter. Miller Canfield's Pro Bono Counsel Wendy Richards leads the LFAA's Voting Rights Working Group.
The Alliance collaborates across law firms and facilitates coordination among member firms to support legal services organizations, which have for decades worked to dismantle systemic racism to create large-scale immediate and long-term pro bono projects. The Alliance has identified as action items:
- Host summits of key stakeholders to prioritize the LFAA's work facilitated by experts in the areas of racial justice and systemic project design
- Develop the Systemic Racism Legal Inventory, a catalog of laws, rules, policies and practices that result in negative outcomes for people of color, with priority focus on tackling anti-Black racism
- Implement legislative and regulatory advocacy strategies to change laws, rules, policies and practices identified in the Systemic Racism Legal Inventory
