DFA TO HONOR MORGAN LEWIS FOR ITS UPWARD FEEDBACK INITIATIVE
Washington, DC (October 24, 2025) — DFA announced today that Morgan Lewis will receive its 2025 Impact Award, which honors organizations with powerful initiatives proven to have a significant impact on humanizing the workplace. The award will be presented during DFA’s annual conference on November 5 in Washington, DC: Evolving Leadership: Building Human-Centered Cultures. Register here.
Morgan Lewis is being recognized for its firmwide Upward Feedback program, a comprehensive initiative that gives associates a formal mechanism to provide feedback on the leadership, project management, and people management skills of the partners they work with regularly. By prioritizing feedback as a two-way conversation, the firm has created a culture of reflection, accountability, and learning, benefiting both associates and partners alike.
“We are proud to recognize Morgan Lewis for building a workplace culture rooted in trust, transparency, and continuous feedback,” said Manar Morales, Founder & CEO of DFA. “The firm’s Upward Feedback initiative is a standout example of how organizations can create powerful systems that empower employees, support leadership growth, and strengthen engagement across all levels.”
“We have always believed that when one of us does better, we all do better. Our Upward Feedback lets our attorneys anonymously tell our partners what we are doing well and where we can do better, helping us to identify strengths and growth opportunities and reinforcing our continuous improvement focus,” said Morgan Lewis Chair Jami McKeon. “Our partners have welcomed added programming and training in areas of importance to our associates and the results have been fantastic–all stemming first from our commitment to hearing and learning from our talent.”
The program combines associate feedback with partner self-assessments, creating opportunities for growth, coaching, and tailored professional development. After each cycle, results are analyzed and partners receive customized support to reinforce strengths and address key leadership areas such as delegation, expectation setting, and feedback delivery. For this reason the Upward Feedback program has become a cornerstone of the firm’s engagement efforts with both partners and associates.
Thanks to strong leadership support, the program is fully institutionalized and deeply trusted across the firm. Associates know their feedback is genuinely valued and acted upon, which has strengthened engagement, retention, and leadership at all levels. Empowering associates to actively participate in making the most of their experience at the firm serves as a powerful recruitment and engagement tool.
About Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan Lewis is recognized for exceptional client service, legal innovation, and commitment to its communities. Our global depth reaches across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East with the collaboration of more than 2,200 lawyers and specialists who provide elite legal services across industry sectors for multinational corporations to startups around the world. For more information about us, please visit www.morganlewis.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, and WeChat.
About DFA
DFA is a premier culture accelerator helping to lead change, humanize organizations, and empower people. For more than a decade, DFA has partnered with leading organizations to co-create the future of work by bridging the gap between policy and practice. Through our membership community, research, programming, and advisory services, DFA delivers practical, research-based strategies and measurable results for sustainable and inclusive culture change.