The Best Law Schools For Women (2020)
Law school may be the perfect place for women in America to resist, persist, and prove that the future is female.
It’s Not Your Imagination — Women Are Leaving Biglaw In Droves
A new study attempts to find out why.
Opus 2 Steps Up Its AI Game With Acquisition Of A Legal Tech Startup
With the addition of Uncover’s technology, the litigation software is delivering rapid innovation.
Biglaw Firm To Punish Partners With Stiff Financial Penalties For ‘Bad Behavior’
How stiff are we talking?
Women Of Color Have Dismal Representation As Supreme Court Advocates
And women in general are sorely missed at the high court, making less than a quarter of all appearances.
Barbie Has A New Career As A Judge, And It’s Amazing
The future is female, and Her Honor even comes with a tiny gavel.
5 Biglaw Firms Make Working Mother’s List Of The ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ (2019)
Which law firms made the cut this year?
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Morning Docket: 09.25.19
* “The president must be held accountable. No one is above the law.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that Congress will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. [Washington Post] * Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have promised to quickly do away with any articles of impeachment that are passed by the House, especially if they’re based on the Mueller report, says Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham. This Ukraine incident, on the other hand... [The Hill] * That having been said, Senate Republicans actually participated in and unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution calling on the White House to disclose the Ukraine whistleblower complaint. [Vox] * And in the interim, the White House seems to be working on a deal to allow the whistleblower who filed a complaint against Trump to speak with congressional investigators, and the director of national intelligence is likely to release a redacted version of the complaint. [New York Times] * Former Vice President Joe Biden supports the impeachment effort against Trump, saying that “[d]enying Congress information to which it is constitutionally entitled and obstructing its efforts to investigate actions is not the conduct of an American president.” [New York Times] * According to Working Mother’s ranking of the Top 100 Companies, only five Biglaw firms made the cut for 2019. Not only that, but those firms are getting beaten by the Big Four when it comes to women’s success and family-friendly policies. [American Lawyer] * In case you missed it, a “notable convicted murderer” in Wisconsin has reportedly confessed to the murder of Teresa Halbach — the murder for which Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey of Making a Murderer fame have spent years behind bars, all the while proclaiming their innocence. [Newsweek]
Bar Association Hires Man To Tell Women Attorneys How To Balance Their Lives
Warning: Mansplaining ahead!
Running Our Own Gauntlets
Gender is going to matter in your career. You don’t want it to, but it is better to come to terms with it early.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg On The One Thing That’s Missing From The Constitution
The Notorious RBG is right on the money with this one.
Most Law Firms’ AI Strategies Have a Big Blind Spot. Here’s How One Am Law 200 Firm is Solving It.
Most law firms, big and small, that have adopted AI are making the same mistake: they bought a tool for their lawyers and called it a strategy.
Leaning Together: How A Work-From-Home Dad Made This Full-Time Working Mom Possible
Why is the choice to be a stay-at-home parent only one a mother can make? We work hard to make sure we are in this as a team.
The Principles Of Poverty
The extent to which poverty relates to women possessing control over their own procreation decisions should embolden the removal of institutional barriers to birth control; instead, the exact opposite has occurred.
The List Of Biglaw Firms At Least Trying To Care About Diversity
Congratulations to the firms that are working to make the legal profession a little more diverse.
The Advantages Of Being Pregnant As A Trial Attorney
Your motherhood informs every conviction, every desire, and every sense of purpose that you can truly express to 12 strangers in a jury.
Morning Docket: 08.14.19
* “The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it.” Senate Democrats have issued a warning to the members of the highest bench in the land: “heal [thy]self” lest you be restructured to reduce political influences. [Fox News] * In case you missed it, the Trump and McConnell reelection campaigns are trying to turn the controversial Supreme Court confirmations of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh into a fashion statement — for $35 or more, that is. [Washington Post] * Rather than continue in her quest for justice against Jones Day using her real name, Jane Doe 4 has been dropped as a named plaintiff in the $200 million gender bias suit against the firm. [Big Law Business] * According to the latest statistics from the American Bar Association, the federal judiciary is unsurprisingly overflowing with white male judges, but at least women seem to be catching up. [Law.com] * For the first time in history, women make up the majority of the first-year entering class at the University of Alabama School of Law. Roll tide! [6WBRC]