NAWL
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Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Celebrating The Power Of Leadership And Diversity: NAWL Honors Luminaries At The 2023 Annual Meeting
Recognizing the power of diversity and leadership, the 2023 NAWL Award recipients are actively influencing the legal industry's future with their groundbreaking achievements. -
Women's Issues
Honoring Advocates For Women's Equality In The Legal Profession
Do you know who Inez Milholland was? If you don't, you should get to know her -- and these other leading figures in the fight for gender equity. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Minority Issues, Small Law Firms, Women's Issues
Why Are Diversity And Equality So Hard To Achieve?
Why should companies care about diversity?
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Biglaw, Partner Issues, Women's Issues
7 Highlights From The 2015 Survey On Retention And Promotion Of Women In Law Firms
Hopefully we are not one hundred years away from gender equality in the partnership ranks. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.29.15
* It’s almost Halloween, so members of the legal profession had to have expected some spooky legal proceedings to occur this week. It seems that Lori Sforza, a witch priestess from Salem, has been granted a protective order against a well-known warlock. [Associated Press]
* Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders would like to remove marijuana from the list of dangerous controlled substances that are regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which would free up states to legalize it on their own terms. Stoners are really feeling the “Bern” now, in more ways than one. [Washington Post]
* Four federal lawyers spent weeks nailing down the legalities behind the killing of Osama bin Laden, and they weren’t allowed to ask Attorney General Eric Holder for help for fear of leaks to the press. They even had to do the legal research themselves! [New York Times]
* According to a new report by the National Association of Women Lawyers, there’s been no “appreciable progress” made for women in the nation’s largest law firms since at least 2006. This is extremely disheartening. Please do better, Biglaw. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* You know Walgreens is buying Rite Aid for $9.4B, but you might not have known which law firms were prescribing advice in the mega pharmacy merger. Skadden, Jones Day, Simpson Thacher, and Weil Gotshal got billable scripts. [DealBook / New York Times]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 02.19.15
* Utah court rules woman can sue herself. Technically there are three separate parties to the case, and she’s all three of them. Leave it to the Mormons to have the best practical description of the Catholic Trinity since St. Patrick and the clover. [Lowering the Bar]
* An entertaining look at 50 ridiculous anomalies that arise in the ACA if the King v. Burwell plaintiffs succeed. Noscitur a sociis, people! [Miami Business Law Review]
* The geniuses at Clickhole have a quiz: How many John Grisham novels have you read? [Clickhole]
* The Obama administration has gotten some high-profile scrutiny for its zealous campaign to stamp out government leaks. Here’s the story of one of the lower-profile government workers under the thumb of the Espionage Act. [The Intercept]
* A follow-up on his earlier piece on whether or not New York should adopt the Uniform Bar Exam focuses on what the UBE might mean for finding a job. [Bar Exam Stats]
* Seven months after the fact, Professor Dan Markel’s death is still a mystery. [Tallahassee Democrat]
* The National Association of Women Lawyers Mid-Year meeting will commence in Chicago on March 5. Check out details here. [NAWL]
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Biglaw, Gender, Partner Issues, Women's Issues
Is There A Business Case For More Female Biglaw Partners?
What is going on when a fit of despair on the kitchen floor is such a “relatable” thing? -
Biglaw, Gender, Lateral Moves, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Women's Issues
New Study Reveals Women Earn Much More Than Men In Biglaw (Just Kidding!)
Is there a gender pay gap in Biglaw? You bet. - Sponsored
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Advertising, General Counsel, Harvard, In-House Counsel, Shameless Plugs, Sponsored Content, This Is an Ad, Women's Issues
From Homeless to Harvard: Liz Murray’s Resilience in Tough and Troubled Times
Liz Murray, who went from being homeless to a Harvard graduate, will be the keynote speaker at the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Ninth Annual General Counsel Institute in New York. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Gender, Partner Issues, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Women's Issues
The Women of Biglaw Are Still Trapped In Staff Attorney Binders
Women in Biglaw can expect smaller salaries and bonuses to match, according to this year's depressing NAWL report.