This article explores: President Biden’s recission of former President Trump’s Executive Order 13950, which had limited the parameters for diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programming for federal agencies and those receiving federal funds The Biden Administration’s plan for advancing racial equity in federal programs as a road map for equity efforts by other organizations Why General Counsels (“GCs”) should be focused on ramping up DEI efforts and linking them to compliance programs How an equity audit can help a business conduct an invaluable self-assessment The benefits of hiring impartial outside counsel to structure an equity audit to help build a better workplace and robust compliance program