Law Firm Diversity
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Biglaw, Gay, Minority Issues
How Reed Smith Partner Daniel Winterfeldt Plans To Address Intersectionality Issues In The Legal Profession
What can law firms do right now to have an immediate impact on diversity and inclusion? -
Biglaw, Summer Associates
Summer Associates Happy With Paychecks, Unhappy With Biglaw's Diversity
Which law firms did the best in this year's rankings? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.19.16
* Human rights attorney Amal Clooney is handling a dangerous new legal matter. She intends to put ISIS commanders on trial for their war crimes, and she sat down with Cynthia McFadden of NBC News to discuss her campaign. The full interview is set to air later on the Today Show. [NBC News] * Per […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 09.14.16
* “Your complaint claims that it must speak for us because we are too afraid to speak for ourselves. That is not how we see ourselves and certainly not how any of us believes our clients and colleagues perceive us.” Some female partners at Chadbourne & Parke are speaking out against the $100 million class-action sex discrimination lawsuit that’s been filed on their behalf. We’ll have more on this news update later today. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Davis Polk is so desperate to improve gender diversity at the firm that it has launched an alumni rehiring program to give women who have opted to leave the firm to raise children a pathway back to an associate-level position. Participants in the program will earn $190K for one year, and may be offered a permanent job. [Am Law Daily]
* Say hello to Michael Gerstenzang, who was elected as Cleary Gottlieb’s new managing partner. He’s been with the firm for his entire career as an attorney since the 1990s, and he’ll continue to maintain his private equity and funds practice during his time serving as the firm’s leader, or rather, its “listener in chief.” Congratulations! [Legal Week]
* The House of Representatives approved the Financial Choice Act, a bill meant to roll back portions of the Dodd-Frank Act, including the Volcker Rule and the Durbin Amendment. Critics had this to say: “This bill is so bad that it simply cannot be fixed. It’s clear that this is a rushed, partisan messaging tool.” [DealBook / New York Times]
* Sixteen years after the alleged fraud took place, ex-AIG chairman Hank Greenberg is standing trial. Although he’s accused of orchestrating multimillion-dollar transactions, David Boies of Boies Schiller says “[t]his case is devoid of any admissible evidence that ties Mr. Greenberg to anything improper in either of these transactions.” [Reuters]
* Deborah Broyles, global diversity director at Reed Smith, RIP. [Big Law Business]
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Job Searches, Minority Issues, Small Law Firms
Back In The Race: Law Firms Privately Do Not Care About Hiring A Diverse Workforce
Why don't law firms care more about diversity? -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Women's Issues
What Law Firm Partners Can Learn From Former Saatchi & Saatchi Chairman Kevin Roberts
Here are some insights to consider when attempting to solve the diversity crisis in various professions. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Rankings
The Best Law Firms For Diversity (2017)
Congratulations to these fine firms -- especially those with top scores on multiple surveys. -
Boutique Law Firms, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: Interview With A 'NewLaw' Pioneer (Part 2)
The conclusion of an interview with the COO of a law firm offering clients and lawyers an alternative to Biglaw structure and rates. - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
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? -
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, Women's Issues
Solving Biglaw's Gender Gap
The time has passed to get mad about the gender gap -- but the time has not passed to do something about it. -
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. -
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?
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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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. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues
Americans Rank Law Firms Dead Last In Commitment To Diversity
According to a new survey looking at 11 major industries, law firms are perceived to have the lowest commitment to diversity when it comes to hiring and retention. -
Minority Issues, Women's Issues
The Curious Case Of Ellen Pao, One Year Later
In 2015, diversity and inclusion were quite the buzzwords in the tech and legal industries; in 2016, can diversity and inclusion initiatives have a real, significant impact on the data in our profession? -
In-House Counsel, Minority Issues
How In-House Counsel Are Raising The Bar For Law Firm Diversity
Companies and general counsel have an important interest in seeing law firms increase diversity. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues
High Minority Attrition Rates Continue To Plague Large Law Firms
Columnist Renwei Chung highlights findings from the annual Vault/MCCA Law Firm Diversity Survey. -
Biglaw, Law Schools, Minority Issues
What Being A Lawyer Means To Rhonda Mims Of Paul Hastings, New Chair Of The Executive Leadership Council
Rhonda Mims, managing director of corporate social responsibility at Paul Hastings and the new chair of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), shares her insights and career advice with columnist Renwei Chung. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.04.16
* “I’d hope they’d see reason but I wouldn’t bet the family farm on it.” Senate Republicans may be stomping their feet about confirming one of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominees, but it may behoove them to do it now before Hillary Clinton takes office with a Democrat-controlled Senate. [Common Sense / New York Times]
* Sincere congratulations to Damaris Hernández, who recently achieved a seemingly impossible feat at her Bigfirm. The 36-year-old attorney is the first Latina to become a partner at Cravath Swaine & Moore. She joins the 46 other Hispanic women who are partners at just a few of America’s largest law firms. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Lawmakers from the Garden State have demanded that Gibson Dunn and digital forensics firm Stroz Friedberg repay $2.8 million in legal fees in the Bridgegate case, the bulk of which were e-discovery charges to the tune of $2.3 million. Welcome to the absurdity that is document review, New Jersey! [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
* It looks like Apple isn’t the only tech company that’s dueling with the DOJ right now. Since “[t]he interest in secrecy does not last forever,” Twitter is mounting a First Amendment case against the Feds over its ability to publicly release data that allegedly contains details related to the government’s terrorism investigations. [WSJ Law Blog]
* The 10 customers who filed a class-action lawsuit against Subway over the sub shop’s less-than foot-long footlong sandwiches will only be able to afford 100 $5 footlongs each, because the lawyers on the case are walking away with $520,000 out of $525,000 settlement dollars — that’s 99 percent of the settlement. Fair? [Dayton Daily News]