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News and expert analysis on diversity
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 17, 2024
Age within law firms is a complex and often overlooked matter—Law.com data reveals significant variability in how different firms approach the issue in the U.K.
6 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | July 10, 2024
Many of the largest firms in the U.K. did not make it onto the ranking, and even at the best firms the numbers have not improved on last year.
6 minute read
By John McElroy, Hausfeld | June 28, 2024
It is not just about being open, frank and transparent but also about being seen and visible which inspires.
5 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 27, 2024
Aditi Srivastava, a Linklaters lifer, shares her experience as a gay partner, offers advice to younger lawyers, and explains how the industry has changed.
6 minute read
By Henrietta Redding, Addleshaw Goddard | June 27, 2024
When generative AI was learning its ABCs, it also received an extensive education in one of the most prevailing undercurrents of human communication, prejudice.
4 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 26, 2024
Law.com International's UK LGBTQ+ rankings continue with a rundown of the firms with the best representation among junior and trainee lawyers.
3 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 24, 2024
While some firms posted LGBTQ+ representation that well exceeds the UK national average, others reported low figures.
3 minute read
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 20, 2024
Simon Chapman KC, recently appointed global co-chair of international arbitration at Herbert Smith Freehills, talks about what it has meant for him, as a gay man, to work in an inclusive, open environment.
5 minute read
By Bridgette Metior, Ashurst | June 18, 2024
For Pride Month 2024, Bridgette Metior, a senior test analyst at Ashurst, details her struggles and breakthroughs.
4 minute read
By Nikki Edwards | June 13, 2024
For Social Mobility Day, a Howard Kennedy partner tells her story of growing up in a working class family in Yorkshire to becoming president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association.
4 minute read
By Greg Andrews | July 19, 2024
"We've ended up with the worst of both worlds," New York University professor Alison Taylor told IR Magazine recently. "Companies treating this as PR and attention directed away from the political process by implying that these companies are solving problems they're not solving."
5 minute read
By Chris O'Malley | July 18, 2024
Some firms are receiving pro-ESG and anti-ESG proposals on the same issue, underscoring how challenging topics such as diversity and climate change have become for corporate America.
5 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | July 15, 2024
Carlton Fields and Shutts & Bowen stood alone with more than one-quarter of the seats on their executive committees being filled by diverse attorneys.
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By Alexander Lugo | July 15, 2024
Carlton Fields and Shutts & Bowen stood alone with more than one-quarter of the seats on their executive committees being filled by diverse attorneys.
3 minute read
By Danielle Carr | July 15, 2024
"Diverse workplaces have stronger governance, better resilience, and more effective problem-solving abilities," writes Danielle Carr, president of the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals.
7 minute read
By Franklin Chou | July 12, 2024
"The narrative that Asian Americans succeed in the U.S. as a result of hard work and 'Asian' values ignores the impact of the U.S.'s selective immigration policies," writes Franklin Chou of Nelson Mullins.
6 minute read
By Wayne Stacy | July 12, 2024
Why the positive demographic changes in partner and leadership ranks, but not in junior attorney ranks? The answer is deceptively simple.
8 minute read
By Maria Dinzeo | July 11, 2024
"A lot of times, those mentoring, sponsorship and leadership development programs are done in these kinds of ad hoc ways that actually benefit people who are already already in privileged positions," UC Davis law professor Afra Afsharipour said.
4 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | July 11, 2024
"Despite another member of management similarly rejecting that employee's request (Mr. Benjamin Bailey, African American), only Plaintiff was chastised for his handling of the incident," the complaint said.
4 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | July 10, 2024
"If the legal industry were truly advanced in DE&I, we wouldn't see such minimal progress," said Jean Lee, president of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
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