Sheryl Sandberg

This is the beginning of your next chapter. This is just the beginning of your outstanding career.

How cool is your law school? It depends on who you've snagged as a graduation speaker.

At the current pace of progress, we are more than one hundred years away from gender equality in the C-suite.

What can the legal profession learn from Silicon Valley when it comes to promoting workplace diversity?

The legal profession has a long way to go when it comes to diversity and inclusion, according to columnist Renwei Chung, but some firms are doing a great job of positively distinguishing themselves in these areas.

Columnist Renwei Chung mines a recent commencement speech by the chess champion for wisdom.

Columnist Renwei Chung shares key takeaways from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's reflections on the passing of her husband.

Being a working mom can be a very isolating experience, particularly if you work in an office without a lot of other working mothers.

A tragic death reminds us to find our purpose.

Play your game and do your job, not the janitor’s or the receptionist’s jobs -- and other workplace advice from in-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst.

Which law firms will take the lead on promoting diversity in the legal profession?

As a society, we have an obligation to protect our citizens from crime. Does an organization have the same obligation to protect some of its members from impoliteness and obnoxious behavior?

* Demand is down, but fees are up. The good news is that Am Law Second Hundred firms saw gains in billable hours purchased by corporate clients — and that’s about it for the good news. [Am Law Daily]

* OMG, Dewey want to see the unsealed case records against D&L’s ex-leaders. DA Cy Vance wants our prying eyes to see all but one document. Secret seven identities… incoming! [Bloomberg]

* It looks like that time Sheryl Sandberg refused to lean in is really paying off in court. Facebook is a witness, not a defendant, in an antitrust case about non-poaching agreements between tech giants. [Reuters]

* Gaming the rankings for dummies? Law school deans are now pushing the ABA to require that law schools post their transfer students’ LSAT and GPA credentials. [Capital Business / Washington Post]

* The easy way to decide whether you should be working in law school is to determine what you like more: money or grades. One will help you get the other later in life. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]

* Forget playing with Wade. LeBron took his talents to South Beach to avoid tons of state taxes. [The Legal Blitz] * Steve Susman of Susman Godfrey just completed the 180-mile trek from Houston to Austin by bike. Susman took part in this MS fundraiser with his grown kids and 35 other Susman Godfrey team members. Kudos. [National MS Society] * The Obama administration is entering a showdown over its use of the “state secrets” privilege. The government is concerned that if it cannot shield “no-fly list” paperwork, it might chill their frank discussion of racial profiling. [Politico] * A new in-house tool to replace outside counsel? Sure it may be cheaper, but can a computer get you playoff tickets? [Associate's Mind] * Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (affiliate link), received a good deal of praise, but her model of “trickle-down feminism” is a tad suspect. [JDs Rising / Minnesota Lawyer] * We have a follow-up to the earlier Nevada benchslap. Now we have video of the judge handing out contempt charges for no reason. Wow. That’s some hardcore abused discretion. [Las Vegas Law Blog] * Remember the L.A. Law puppets video from a couple weeks ago? Well, it’s now a series. Watch Episode 1 after the jump….

Are small firms a good place for women attorneys who want to have a family?

For 2012, Valerie Katz has resolved to maintain a healthy work/life balance. Luckily, she is not making this decision based on her concerns over hypothetical family obligations. No, she is just lazy and does not like to work. And she is not alone....

* Shocker: tenured law professors are well-paid (check out their median salaries), and they enjoy high job satisfaction. [TaxProf Blog] * Congratulations to David Boies and Ted Olson on winning the American Bar Association Medal, for their remarkable work on Perry v. Schwarzenegger (aka the Prop 8 case). [American Foundation for Equal Rights] * In […]