Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Luis Salazar | July 20, 2020
Now in my third decade of practicing, I've been fortunate enough to have worked in both Big Law and in smaller firms (like my own). In my experience, Big Law's focus on diversity and inclusion may be capturing all the attention, but smaller firms and boutiques have long led the way on these issues.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Dylan Jackson | July 20, 2020
While Florida firms enjoy a reputation for having diverse workplaces, their head count numbers show a small portion of Black attorneys.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Corali Lopez-Castro | July 20, 2020
Many of us have worked for decades to advance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. We started our fight early in our careers and continue to work to effectuate real change throughout our evolution. What is at stake is significant: equality; empathy; trust; a sense of belonging.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Adrian K. Felix | July 20, 2020
Over the last several weeks, law firm leaders have begun to reexamine their firm's participation and investment in diversity and other similar programs (both internal and external). It is understood that firms can help address an underlying cause of racial and other inequalities—i.e., representation, by earnestly supporting and fostering diversity and inclusion in a broader sense.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Amanda Sexton | July 17, 2020
In conversation after conversation in recent weeks, I've found a similar theme popping up—those who want to do more at their law firms but simply don't know where to start.
By Jonathan Erway | July 15, 2020
Cooper Levenson Foundation Awards 2020 Scholarships Atlantic City-based law firm Cooper Levenson awarded scholarships to three local high school…
By Vivia Chen | July 14, 2020
"The 'Karens' are in need of a voice of empowerment," one reader suggested, joining others who defended the white woman charged with a misdemeanor after calling police on a Black birdwatcher.
By Karen Sloan | July 14, 2020
This week's Ahead of the Curve looks at the push by law students and faculty at the University of New Hampshire School of Law to strip Franklin Pierce from the school's moniker. Plus, New York law schools are working together to combat racism on campus.
By David Thomas | July 14, 2020
It's rare for such established partners as Katyal to join a prosecutor's office on a temporary basis for one case. But Floyd's violent death in police custody led to an explosion of protests across the world and to law firms reexamining their own roles in fighting racial injustice and police brutality.
By Hannah Roberts | July 13, 2020
The firm has set ethnicity and LGBT targets for the first time, as well as gender, with different regions aiming for individual increases.
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