Impeachment Hearings Week 2, Socially Skilled Law Firms, Diversity Pipeline Help: The Morning Minute
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November 19, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
AND WE'RE BACK – Four witnesses are expected to testify today at the House impeachment inquiry, which enters its second week of public testimony: Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Pence; Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council's director for European affairs; Kurt Volker, special envoy to Ukraine; and Tim Morrison, a former National Security Council aide. Major U.S. law firms and other private lawyers have helped witnesses navigate the private, and now public, proceedings. The public hearings also have pitted former New York federal prosecutor Daniel Goldman, advising the Democrats, against Stephen Castor, lead counsel for Republicans.
ADEPT – DLA Piper takes top honors this year for marketing itself through the likes of Linkedin, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, according to a new study. Patrick Smith reports that in Good2bSocial's 2019 Social Law Firm Index annual report card, law firms in general are using Facebook less. Good2bSocial, a consulting firm, measures law firms' social media reach, engagement and marketing performance on their own websites and on public social media platforms. In the rankings released today, following DLA Piper are White & Case, Norton Rose Fulbright, Baker McKenzie and Orrick.
SOURCE – There's a lot of talk in the legal profession about improving the diversity pipeline. Now the Law School Admission Council (maker of the LSAT) and nonprofit Street Law are offering some help. They have compiled the first-ever directory that identifies the roughly 200 high schools across the country that offer a curriculum organized around law and justice. As Karen Sloan reports, organizers hope law school admissions offices will use the directory, in part, to feed the diversity pipeline and improve the numbers of minorities going to law school.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
DOWN UNDER – A team of 28 lawyers that left K&L Gates in Australia last month is launching a new law firm focused on employment and workplace law, Christopher Niesche reports. The firm, named Kingston Reid, says it will maintain a strong relationship with K&L Gates. It is simultaneously opening offices this week in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with a founding team of nine partners, all of whom left K&L Gates. The team is known for employment law, industrial relations and workplace health and safety work in Australia.
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