Gender
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Minority Issues, Money, Women's Issues
If You're A Woman Asking For A Raise, Your Boss Will Think You're A Bitch
Ever wonder why there's a gender wage gap? It's because of tired stereotypes like these. -
Gender, In-House Counsel, Women's Issues
The Road Not Taken: Hush Dear, The Menfolk Are Talking
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Law School Deans, Law Schools, Women's Issues
Law School Dean Urges Students To Stop Making 'Wildly Inappropriate' Sexist Comments About Female Professor
Why aren’t more law school deans willing to protect the women of this profession?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.20.15
* Fried Frank is closing down its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices because they were costing the firm more money than they were bringing in. What’ll happen to the lawyers who work there? Most of them will be huòdé dìyù. [Am Law Daily]
* Not everyone can match the New York market when it comes to Biglaw bonuses. According to disputed rumors, associates in some practices of at least one Chicago law firm didn’t receive any bonus at all. Which firm? [Crain’s Chicago Business]
* We often complain that women are getting the short end of the stick in Biglaw, but today we’ve got a nice little caveat. At some large law firms in at least one city, more women are making partner than their male counterparts. [National Law Journal]
* UVA hired Pepper Hamilton to consult on its inept handling of sexual assault cases while O’Melveny & Myers deals with its Rolling Stone gang rape allegations. Collars shall be half-popped until the school gets serious about these issues. [Newsplex]
* Whittier Law, home to one of the worst full-time, long-term employment rates in the country, hopes to give grads a “legal leg-up” with its new solo incubator program — because “[e]ducation and training doesn’t end when they graduate.” [Daily Pilot]
* Wet Seal joined the ranks of teen retailers like Deb and Delia’s when it dumped lots of locations and filed for Chapter 11. New code provisions might’ve sped things along, but like, being a debtor-in-possession is totally uncool. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court
Which Supreme Court Justice Was Called A 'Bitch' During Law School?
Who would dare to do such a thing? -
Canada
The View From Up North: Will Adding Women Board Members Make A Difference?
What is Canada doing to close the gender gap, and does it even matter? -
Quote of the Day, Sexism, Women's Issues
Is 'Ayatollah Preet Bharara' A Sexist Who Practices Sharia Law?
Pregnant women deserve respect, but it seems this U.S. Attorney won't give it to them. -
Bar Exams, Breasts, Gender, Kids, Women's Issues
New Mother Denied The Right To Breastfeed During Bar Exam
Which state bar is forcing nursing mothers into an uncomfortable situation? - Sponsored
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Gender, Law Schools
Law School Women Don't Need 'Lower Pressure' Environments
Stop telling women they thrive when the pressure is off. -
Gender, Lawyer Advertising, Quote of the Day, Sexism, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Television, Videos, Women's Issues
Women Lawyers Get Called Out For Their Sexist Advertisements
Stereotype-based advertising is used semi-frequently among women attorneys. Ugh, why? -
Antonin Scalia, Biglaw, FCC, Gender, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, LSAT, Money, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology, Texas, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 11.12.14
* With all this net neutrality talk, one of the biggest fans of the cause is Justice Antonin Scalia. He may not be tech-savvy, but he may yet save the internet. [National Law Journal]
* And the partners rejoiced? Bingham McCutchen approved a Morgan Lewis merger, and now the firm waits for its valiant rescuer to ride in upon its trusty steed. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A new study says the way to close the law school gender gap is to adopt gradeless grading policies similar to those of top law schools. Honors for everyone, yay! [Stanford News]
* LSAT prep company Test Masters Educational Services Inc. — not to be confused with TestMasters — must pay about $927K in legal fees, because as it turns out, some people were confused. [Legal Times]
* A Texas state representative submitted a bill calling for a new law school in the Rio Grande Valley because there aren’t enough lawyers there. Unemployed lawyers, you know what to do. [Action 4 News]
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B for Beauty, Gender, Law Schools, Sexism, Women's Issues
A Law School's Beauty Queen Problem
Is this law school more interested in promoting its students' beauty than their brains? -
Department of Justice, Federal Judges, Gender, Pregnancy / Paternity, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Women's Issues
Pregnant Lawyer 'Shouted At And Insulted' Over Request For Trial Delay
Basic human courtesy gets tossed to the wind when women lawyers become pregnant.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Gender, Minority Issues, Women's Issues
Obama Makes A.G. Choice That Blends In
Reports indicate that President Obama is poised to nominate Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as the U.S. Attorney General. -
Barack Obama, Gender, Job Searches, Kids, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Women's Issues
Much To Obama's Dismay, This Woman Quit Law School To Be A Mother
A counterpoint to President Obama’s statement that women leaving the workplace to become stay-at-home mothers was “not a choice we want Americans to make.” -
Bankruptcy, Basketball, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Gender, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 11.04.14
* “When a law firm is on a verge of insolvency, the last thing you want is for the most productive partners to leave.” The latest ruling in the Dewey & LeBoeuf case has Biglaw partners talking about “run[ning] for the exits.” [New York Law Journal]
* Oh mon dieu! Thanks to a botched French translation of an English press release, the Cote d’Ivoire Bar Association may file criminal proceedings against two Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe attorneys for fraud. [Am Law Daily]
* Michele Roberts, the former Skaddenite who’s now the first woman to lead the National Basketball Players Association, thinks women need to learn how to develop business. [National Law Journal]
* It seems that the dean of Brooklyn Law School has willingly signed up to be roasted by some of his students. This might be a bad decision on his part, but he’s a brave human being. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
* What’s the “right” number of law schools to apply to, and how can you figure out what the “right” number is for yourself? It’s magic, plain and simple. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Legal Ethics, Quote of the Day, Sexual Harassment
Lawyer Banned From Representing Women Says He Didn't Know He Couldn't Represent Women
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Biglaw, Career Alternatives, Clarence Thomas, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Gay, Gay Marriage, Gender, Law Schools, Money, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 10.27.14
* “I think we have to be concerned that almost all of us are from two law schools.” Justice Clarence Thomas thinks that the Supreme Court bench ought to be more diverse. [New York Times]
* The DoJ expanded its recognition of gay marriage by adding six states to its roster of those newly entitled to federal benefits — now more than half the country. Yay! [Bloomberg]
* Former White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler has withdrawn from consideration as a nominee for Eric Holder’s job as AG. She and her shoe collection will remain at Latham. [WSJ Law Blog]
* [I]t’s profound that we have not made much progress on that front in the legal profession.” There’s still an income gap between men and women in the law, and it gets worse over time. 🙁 [National Law Journal]
* Come sail away, come sail away, come parasail away with me. This former Biglaw associate found that life slaving away at a law firm wasn’t her paradise, so she decided to move to the beach. [Am Law Daily]
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Fashion, Gender, Quote of the Day, Sexism, Women's Issues
Judge Jails Woman For Wearing Pants To Court
A crime of fashion? -
Biglaw, Gender, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Women's Issues
Stop Treating Women Lawyers Like Crap
Just how much sexism do women lawyers face on a day-to-day basis? It’s astonishing.