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News and expert analysis on diversity
By Gail J. Cohen | June 22, 2022
The country is one of the most progressive in the world, but the legal industry had not hosted a LGBTQ conference until this month.
5 minute read
By Dan Roe | June 21, 2022
ALM Mental Health Survey data show that women and minorities, who felt the least supported by their firms, are feeling better in hybrid and remote settings.
4 minute read
By Ricci Hackner, Bowmans | June 21, 2022
Different languages present different challenges but many countries have now published guidelines to encourage lawyers to avoid gender bias, writes Ricci Hackner of Bowmans in South Africa.
4 minute read
By Paul Hodkinson | June 17, 2022
It can be easy to look for problems when actually the overarching message is a positive one, writes Paul Hodkinson in this week's London Lawyer Briefing.
4 minute read
By Stephanie Acosta, UWorld | June 14, 2022
A crucial first step is leveling the playing field when it comes to taking the bar exam, writes Stephanie Acosta.
5 minute read
By Varsha Patel | June 13, 2022
'Simply changing the colour of your logo to the rainbow flag doesn't cut it', says one GC, as new rankings reveal which firms have the highest proportion of LGBTQ+ lawyers in the UK.
5 minute read
By Christopher Niesche | June 2, 2022
The firm has been chosen to advise the world's largest LGBT+ celebration, which will be held in Sydney next year.
3 minute read
By Gail J. Cohen | May 31, 2022
Industry sector, position, and race all play a role in the differences between earnings of in-house lawyers.
4 minute read
By Varsha Patel | May 31, 2022
Law.com International research found Taylor Wessing, Allen & Overy and Sidley Austin ranked as some of the top firms for female retention in the UK.
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By Paul Hodkinson | May 27, 2022
It is about time the SRA was given enhanced powers, writes Paul Hodkinson in this week's London Lawyer Briefing. Plus, influential pieces reveal which places promote the most women and why crypto is so troublesome for top firms.
4 minute read
By Yusuf Z. Zakir | January 12, 2024
"As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we are experiencing an onslaught," Yusuf Z. Zakir of Davis Wright Tremaine writes. "Here, I will seek to correct the record about equity, inclusion, and diversity."
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By Brad S. Karp, Co-Chair, Task Force on Advancing Diversity | January 12, 2024
Brad S. Karp, co-chair of the Task Force on Advancing Diversity, writes: In just one month, our collective commitment to advancing diversity coalesced into a 97-page report that provides a detailed assessment of the benefits of diversity and the impact of 'SFFA' on educational institutions, private employers and courts.
3 minute read
By Jane Wester | January 11, 2024
As a junior associate, plaintiff Kaloma Cardwell suggested that third-year associates receive training on the importance of greeting colleagues, saying he wanted to avoid scenarios in which young associates of color are ignored.
4 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | January 10, 2024
While a new study from Littler Mendelson found companies are determined to press on with their DEI initiatives, it found they're tending to avoid "legally thorny" practices, such as providing incentives to executives to advance diversity.
4 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | January 9, 2024
"One of the fundamental things that we receive are clients who have solely relied on a law firm or solely relied on a consultant," said group leader Simeon Brier, who's based in South Florida. "It's hard to operate with the left arm not knowing what the right arm is doing."
4 minute read
By Amie K. Santos | January 5, 2024
While many firms, small and large alike, take a programmatic and educational approach to their equity efforts, the firms making substantial progress are taking a structural approach, writes diversity consultant Amie K. Santos.
6 minute read
By Sharon Masling and Ami Wynne | January 5, 2024
Litigation threats challenging employment-related DEI practices, foundations and other charitable institutions, vendor and supplier diversity programs, corporate board governance programs, and investment strategies emerged using the Court's reasoning in the Harvard/UNC decision. This article discusses the latest litigation trends for those areas.
7 minute read
By Emily Cousins | January 5, 2024
"We feel like there's a lot of allegations here that would show that the school district really deliberately went after [the plaintiff] and retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional right," The Fairness Center's Nathan McGrath said.
4 minute read
By Cedra Mayfield | January 5, 2024
After being reelected to a second term, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed more than two-dozen judges to Georgia state, superior and appellate courts in 2023.
1 minute read
By Dan Packel | December 22, 2023
A profession struggling for more equitable representation confronts a legal activist who wants law firms to be colorblind.
10 minute read
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