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Albert S Dandridge Iii

Albert S Dandridge Iii

November 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Walk Down the Hall

Yet another study confirms what most of us intuitively know: that the recession has had an impact on diversity in law firms. The latest statistics released by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reconfirm findings from Legal affiliate The American Lawyer and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association that diversity at law firms fell over the past year, and that the decline resulted, in large part, from the recession.

By Albert S. Dandridge III

5 minute read

June 22, 2007 | Law.com

Norris Schmidt: Phila.'s First African- American Firm and a Model for All Firms

I had already planned to write this article, but the recent passing of the Hon. Clifford Scott Green, a giant in the legal profession here in Philadelphia, made this mission all the more imperative.

By Albert S. Dandridge III

7 minute read

July 20, 2007 | Law.com

Commentary: Norris Schmidt, Philadelphia's First African-American Firm, Is a Model for All Firms

When U.S. District Judge Clifford Scott Green passed away recently, he left behind a legacy in the form of Philadelphia's first African-American law firm, Norris Schmidt Green Harris Higginbotham & Brown. As Schnader Harrison attorney Albert Dandridge III discusses the history of the law firm, including its talented roster of attorneys, he argues that the firm was also one of the city's best law firms and that it serves as a model for many of the non-African-American full-service law firms today.

By Albert S. Dandridge III

7 minute read