Minority Issues
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Bar Exams, Law Schools
Allowing Law Students To Fail The Bar Exam Is NOT A Good Way To 'Diversify' The Legal Profession
Giving them exorbitant debt sentences won't diversify the legal profession, either. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Rankings
The Best Law Firms For Diversity (2017)
Congratulations to these fine firms -- especially those with top scores on multiple surveys. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Affirmative Action, Minority Issues
Affirmative Action Is Here To Stay (For Now); How Will This Benefit The Legal Profession?
The reasons for affirmative action have not gone away in today’s environment, according to columnist Renwei Chung.
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Job Searches, Racism, Small Law Firms
Back In The Race: No One Writes 'I’m A Racist' On Their Résumé
How can an employer, especially an employer in a sensitive field like law enforcement, tell whether someone is racist? -
Minority Issues, Police
Criminally Yours: When It's Cops vs. #BlackLivesMatter, Nobody Wins
Both sides are justifiably scared of each other. It's time to start changing that. -
Racism
Intern In Prosecutor's Office Shares What He Really Thinks About The Black Community
If you are running a prosecutor's office and your screening doesn't pick up on a guy like this, you are doing it entirely wrong. -
Law Professors, Law Schools
Law Professor Speaking Out In Defense Of Black Lives Matter Identified
Now we know who wrote the letter that went viral... -
Minority Issues, State Judges
Forty-One State Judiciaries Fail To Even Remotely Represent Their State Population
Guess how many state judiciaries received either a D or F grade for diversity in a new report? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Celebrities, Television
Standard Of Review: The Last Two Episodes of 'O.J.: Made in America' Continue To Be Great (With Minor Flaws)
This fantastic documentary series should be watched by all attorneys, law students, and even people with no affiliation with the law. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues
Diverse Legal Teams Perform Better — Fact
With another recruiting season upon us, what is your law firm doing differently to improve diversity? -
Celebrities, Television
Standard Of Review: 'O.J. Simpson: Made in America' Just May Be The Best O.J.-Related Programming Of 2016
O.J.: Made in America is long but well worth your time, according to TV critic Harry Graff. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Rankings
Corroding Pipelines Prevent Partnership For Many Minority Lawyers
Here's the picture painted by new diversity rankings from Am Law. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Rankings
Diversity For The Legal Industry Continues To Be A Riddle, Wrapped In a Mystery, Inside An Enigma
The diversity and inclusion equation isn’t unsolvable, but there isn't a simple solution either.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Minority Issues
5 Tips For Improving Diversity In The Legal World
Corporate America is serious about diversity; will Biglaw follow suit? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.19.16
* In case you’ve been wondering about what happened to Jill Easter, the lawyer who, along with her attorney husband, planted drugs on a former PTA president at her son’s school, we’ve got you covered. Easter, who has since changed her name to Ava Everheart, shared her trials and tribulations on the Dr. Phil show yesterday afternoon. We’ll have more on this later. [OC Register]
* Wisconsin law grads don’t have to take the bar to be admitted to practice, so you have to do something heinous to be denied admission. All this guy did was inflate his GPA on a transcript, falsely claim to be on law review, and “forget” about some speeding tickets. The state Supreme Court granted him conditional admission anyway. [Journal Sentinel]
* Being a member of the Supreme Court Bar is pretty awesome and comes with some prestigious perks. Not only do SCOTUS Bar members get an impressive-looking membership document, but they also get “preferred admission and seating at key Court arguments.” That’s not bad for the $200 price of lifetime admission. [Big Law Business]
* Led by Alan Dershowitz, a slew of law professors are speaking out against the Department of Education to condemn actions that have led to the “pervasive and severe infringements” of students’ due-process and free-speech rights with regard to sexual harassment and misconduct complaints across college campuses. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Which law schools have enrolled the highest percentage of students from underrepresented minorities? At 10 legal institutions, minority enrollment exceeded 52 percent, which is a rarity in the stereotypically lily-white land of law schools. More law schools should strive to be as diverse as the those named in this ranking. [U.S. News]
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Biglaw, Minority Issues, Women's Issues
How Can Comedy Help Biglaw With Issues Related To Gender, Diversity, And Inclusion?
These problems are no laughing matter, but in some cases, comedic intervention can be a useful way to solve them. -
Minority Issues, New Jersey, State Judges
Diversity Is Dying In The Judiciary -- I’m Looking At You, New Jersey
It’s time for New Jersey, and numerous other states, to address the diversity crisis in the judiciary system. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues
4 Ideas For Advancing Diversity And Inclusion In The Legal Profession
Everyone's always talking about how to improve diversity in the law; here are some concrete ideas for doing so. -
Law Schools
Harvard Law Student Is Rude But Not Anti-Semitic, Say His Defenders
Oh joy, there is an update in the case of the incredibly rude Harvard Law student. -
Law Schools, Rudeness
Harvard Law Student Is Rude, Insufferable, And Anti-Semitic
This apology just doesn't cut it.