By Derek Hawkins

Law360, New York (October 04, 2010, 8:11 PM ET) -- The Human Rights Campaign has given 97 law firms perfect scores in its 2011 survey assessing workplace protections and benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Of the 130 top-tier law firms that participated in the HRC’s latest Corporate Equality Index survey, which was released Monday, 97 received scores of 100 percent for maintaining LGBT-friendly policies, including nondiscrimination and domestic partnership benefits.

According to the report, the legal industry topped the list of industries for employers rated 100 percent, followed by banking/ financial services and...