Lois Kimbol

September 01, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

This column celebrates them—their accomplishments, their career choices, their contributions to the societies in which they live, the way they have paid it forward—guiding, mentoring and supporting those who came after them.

By Lois Kimbol

4 minute read

December 06, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, a colleague, another woman lawyer, another former law firm partner, pointed out to me how a story line on the TV show, "Ted Lasso," resonated with her experience as a lawyer and woman of color. And, as I realized, it resonated with my experience as a woman lawyer too.

By Lois Kimbol

5 minute read

December 04, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

As we learned in 2008 and 2009, an economic downturn may well have a disproportionate impact on diverse law students and lawyers. Part of mitigating that result is being intentional in keeping the diversity pipeline open through programs that promote and sustain diverse law students from their 1L year on.

By Lois Kimbol

4 minute read

September 06, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Many entering law school students, including but not limited to diverse students, have no family members, friends, colleagues, or acquaintances who are lawyers or in law school. Their support and guidance has to come from elsewhere.

By Lois Kimbol

7 minute read

August 05, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

I grew up in Newton, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, in a middle class Jewish family with a father who went to ­college, and a mother who didn't. I went to public schools and graduated from Smith College in 1969.

By Lois Kimbol

22 minute read

February 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Almost six years ago, I wrote in this column about the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group (PDLG) Summer 1L Program for diverse law students. At that point, the program was entering its fifth year.

By Lois Kimbol

7 minute read

December 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Lois Kimbol

6 minute read

December 28, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

As a board member of the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group and the first chairperson of Dechert's diversity committee, I think of myself as someone who judges people for who they are as individuals, without prejudice or stereotypes.

By Lois Kimbol

7 minute read

April 27, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the significant challenges facing Philadelphia law firms is to attract and retain diverse lawyers.

By Lois Kimbol

5 minute read

December 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Lois Kimbol

6 minute read