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Dentons Appoints First Female US Managing Partner

The Chicago-based lawyer is the first woman to serve in the position, filling a seat that has been open since 2017.
4 minute read

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Female Partner Count Jumps Sharply For City Trio In Latest Promotions Round

Female lawyers earn significantly more places at Mishcon de Reya, Fieldfisher and Stephenson Harwood
4 minute read

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Law Firms Unaware of Which Diversity Initiatives Work, Research Finds

The research found that mentoring could be counterproductive, while having mixed deal teams was underappreciated.
4 minute read

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Gordon Caplan Set to Become the Next Member of the Big Law Felons Club. Now What?

The former Willkie chair certainly is not the first Big Law partner to find himself on the wrong side of the law, but this is not your average bad lawyer story.
8 minute read

International Edition

Which Firms Had The Worst Gender Pay Gap Numbers?

The worst offenders have emerged in Legal Week's full table of the top 50 U.K. firms ranked by gender pay gap.
4 minute read

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Allen & Overy Promotes Head Of Fuse To Partner In 34-Strong Round

Ajitsaria is one of four City women to be made up in the magic circle firm's latest promotions, which outstrip previous years.
3 minute read

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UK Gender Pay Gap Prompts Two Firms To Review Parent Policies

Ashurst and Hogan Lovells say the gender pay gap debate has helped open discussion on much wider issues.
4 minute read

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'Someone Has to Speak Up': Lawyers Suing Jones Day Say Career Risk Is Worth It

"I think the fear for me is in not holding powerful institutions and larger employers accountable, and in allowing law institutions like Jones Day to escape scrutiny," lawyer and plaintiff Nilab Tolton said.
7 minute read

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Millennial Lawyers Want Partnership on Different Terms, Survey Finds

Despite major misgivings about Big Law's business model, diversity and work-life balance, partnership is still the top career goal for the youngest generation of law firm lawyers.
3 minute read

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Q&A: Travers' Edmund Reed on Tax Fraud Requests and 'Nothingburgers'

Travers partner Reed was ranked by Mergermarket as one of the UK's most prolific M&A advisers in 2018.
5 minute read

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