Women’s Issues
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Gender Equality, Member Content
Celebrating Women in Law While Looking Toward the Future
Huge strides have been made towards gender equality over the last century, but the legal industry may still have work to do.
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A Virtual Legal Conference Success: Lawyer+Mom+Owner Virtual Summit 2020
Virtual conferences are the only option these days and have become the norm for now.
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When it comes to helping women practice the profession, legal technology has done a lot.
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* At Legalweek, ROSS Intelligence launched EVA, a new, free AI solution for analyzing legal briefs. [Law Sites Blog] * Shortly after it was unveiled, EVA found itself in a literal bar fight with competing AI case briefing software CARA. Seriously. [Above the Law] * Take a look inside the legal research integration between Ravel […]
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* According to his friends, President Trump is reportedly planning to ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to prosecute special counsel Robert Mueller and his team. Considering he’s done nothing wrong, it’s anyone’s guess as to what Mueller could possibly be prosecuted for, but that’s neither here nor there. [CNBC]
* For the first time in more than 80 years, the Senate has confirmed a circuit court judge with a missing blue slip. Yesterday, Judge David Stras of the Minnesota Supreme Court was confirmed to the Eighth Circuit, with a 56-42 vote that threw decades-old tradition to the wind. [The Hill]
* “It’s really important that lawyers in large firms know that they can sign up….” In the short time since the initiative was announced, more than 500 lawyers have signed up to take on cases for the Time’s Up legal defense fund, and they’ll be able to provide free consultations to victims of workplace sexual harassment. [Big Law Business]
* The robots are coming: Former payroll managers from Dechert claim in a federal age and gender bias suit that they were laid off because they were the oldest women employees in the department. The firm says that’s not the case, since it was cloud-based technology, not discrimination, that took their jobs. [Legal Intelligencer]
* A California appellate court has breathed new life into a proposed class action that accuses Tinder of charging older users more money to use the enhanced version of the app. The judge who wrote the opinion reversed the lower court using slang very familiar to dating app aficionados. We’ll have more on this later. [The Recorder]
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Robots Will Never Be As Creative As Lawyers
But if the legal profession remains as it is today, then male lawbots will likely be more valued than female lawbots.
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The Apple Watch And Women Lawyers: The Perfect Match
Women attorneys in particular will appreciate the Apple Watch notifications.
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Siri Thinks More Women Should Be Judges
In courts of emoji law, all judges are apparently women.
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Labor / Employment, On The Job, Silicon Valley, Technology
‘I’m a Creep,’ And Other Silicon Valley Mea Culpas: So What?
Employment lawyer Richard Cohen asks: What can be done about the persistent problem of sexual harassment?
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Biglaw, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Technology
5 Ways In Which The Business Of Law Is NOT Changing Anytime Soon
Are we experiencing, or about to experience, a revolution in the world of legal services? Slow your roll….
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Minority Issues, Technology, Women's Issues
The stated desire to address the diversity imbalance may give way to real change if peoples’ wallets depend on it.
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Minority Issues, Women's Issues
The Excuse For Why Stanford’s FutureLaw Event Completely Lacked Diversity
There is no such thing as diversity and inclusion without action.
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Minority Issues, Women's Issues
‘FutureLaw’ Promises To Be Very Male And Very White
When registering for a legal conference, pay attention to the speakers. Contact the organizers and point out the lack of diversity.
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* S&C may be Trump’s second favorite law firm, but don’t count your chickens on SEC nominee Jay Clayton yet — the Office of Government and Ethics has flagged some potential conflicts of interest. [Law360]
* Law schools often discriminate against women by undercompensating positions that skew female. Sure this is important, but is it as egregious an act of discrimination as not valuing originalist scholarship? [Law.com]
* Three firms admit to overbilling for temp and staff attorneys. [Am Law Daily]
* Ninth Circuit says Dodd-Frank provides broad whistleblower protection, which sets up an intriguing circuit split for the roughly three weeks Dodd-Frank remains a law. [National Law Journal]
* Key cybertrends of 2017. [Legaltech News]
* Fried Frank has its best year ever while the rest of you experienced 2016 as a runaway train of sadness. [Am Law Daily]
* Robot lawyer assisting refugees, making it official that even cyborgs have more of a heart than some politicians. [BBC News]
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* What rights do you have to strike on International Women’s Day? [NY Mag]
* Amazon drops its objections to the Echo warrant, meaning if you own an Echo (or any of its ilk), you now have a wiretap in your house. Congratulations. [Corporate Counsel]
* Blank Rome boosts profit 22 percent. Associates looking at their below market paychecks must feel super psyched about that. [Legal Intelligencer]
* Judge Posner is just comparing everything to cats now and that’s perfectly fine. [Law.com]
* Looks like the NCAA and power conferences are going to shell out millions in settlement cash to former athletes in financial aid collusion case, which they’ll make back several times over by the end of the month. [Courthouse News Service]
* Penn accepts big gift from Charles Koch to work on criminal justice research, presumably an extension of his support for indigent legal services, but we can’t rule out a plan to make convicts fight to the death for sport. [Law.com]
* Just your standard slave labor case in 2017. [Law360]
* Lynne Stewart has passed away at 77. [New York Times]
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Biglaw, Minority Issues, Women's Issues
Which law firms will take the lead on promoting diversity in the legal profession?