By Nichole Morford | Daily Business Review | July 6, 2017
In the Daily Business Review's diversity special section, articles focus on an anecdotal increase in the number of women rising in firm leadership and a Florida Bar training program lauded by participants for having helped diversity.
By Jeffrey Winn | July 6, 2017
An ancient Danish proverb posits that an old error has more friends than a new truth. It is a recurring theme in this collection of scholarly articles, each of which analyzes how gender-related stereotypes and practices have negatively influenced law enforcement, courts, and correctional facilities in their treatment of women and girls.
By Jeff Storey | July 3, 2017
Members of a new commission tasked with addressing LGBTQ issues in state courts have underlined their mission by naming the panel after a Manhattan judge who was a forceful advocate of the gay and lesbian community at a dark time in its history.
By Shibani Gokhale | July 3, 2017
Profiles of the new leaders of the Asian American Bar Association of New York; Dominican Bar Association; LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL); Puerto Rican Bar Association; South Asian Bar Association of New York; Hispanic National Bar Association, New York Region; and New York Women's Bar Association.
By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | June 30, 2017
A Florida Bar training program lauded by participants for having helped diversify the pool of applicants that become active in bar committees and leadership has shrunk this year to half its original size.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 29, 2017
The New York City Bar Association presented the Arthur S. Leonard Award to Noah E. Lewis, executive director of Transcend Legal, and Kim Forte, supervising attorney of the Legal Aid Society, during its 2017 LGBT Pride Reception on Wednesday
By dailyreportonline | Daily Report | June 29, 2017
Last year the top lawyer at The Coca-Cola Co. explained his legal department's approach to diversity. Bernhard Goepelt, the senior vice president, general…
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 28, 2017
The New York City Bar Association recognized the recipients of its 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award Tuesday at its annual Diversity and Inclusion Celebration Dinner.
By Jacklyn Fetbroyt | June 27, 2017
Diversity and inclusion are so often discussed in the business world that they are becoming buzz words. Unfortunately, in the legal profession, the "buzz" seems to be just that: noise. Law firms and the legal profession, generally, are notoriously stagnant (and even falling behind) in diversity.
By Natalie Klyashtorny | June 27, 2017
At its August 2016 annual meeting, the American Bar Association passed a resolution that amended 8.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make it an ethical violation for an attorney to "engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status in conduct related to the practice of law."
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