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By Varsha Patel | June 29, 2022
'Firms need to figure out how you're going to keep [Black lawyers] around and how you're going to create an environment where they can actually succeed', said one Black lawyer who left a large international firm.
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By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | June 23, 2022
Just 2% of law firm's people expect to be at their current firm in a decade's time.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Varsha Patel | May 27, 2022
The largest UK law firms are still falling behind when it comes to their UK partnership gender split, in-depth research by Law.com International has found.
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By Elizabeth Rimmer, LawCare | May 27, 2022
'See that there are big, bright new doors ahead and the old ways aren't going to open them', writes LawCare CEO Elizabeth Rimmer.
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By Keith C. Wetmore | May 26, 2022
Law firm leaders can learn something from a recent change made at Netflix as they seek to avoid dissent.
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By Varsha Patel | May 20, 2022
"I don't want to speak to [just] old white men," Burford Capital senior vice president Christiane Deniger added during the panel at Law.com International's Women, Influence and Power U.K. conference this week.
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 18, 2023
"The foreperson and several other jurors told us that they had been 10 seconds away from submitting the verdict that they had already agreed upon," said Jeb Butler of Butler Khan. "The verdict was for the [plaintiff's] family in the amount of $23 million, with 75% of the fault placed on [the defendant] and 25% on [the plaintiff]."
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 17, 2023
After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson are set to resume Nov. 28 and 29 at the Cobb County Courthouse.
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By Zack Needles | October 12, 2023
The news and analysis you need to start your day.
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By Alexander Lugo | October 11, 2023
"I don't want it to consume my life and I can see an overwhelming demand deteriorate my balance and mental health. It is hard and nearly impossible to say no as a junior associate so that makes it difficult to manage," said one anonymous respondent from Holland & Knight's Miami program, which echoes responses at many of the firms included in the survey.
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By Michael A. Mora | October 6, 2023
"Two million dollars was not a rounding error," Javier Lopez, a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, alleged. "It was a systemic fraud he had perpetrated over and over again against a number of clients that we represent."
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By Alexander Lugo | October 4, 2023
"The issue that's so egregious is that the number has only increased by about 0.5% in 15 years," said Jill Lynch Cruz, a coach for young lawyers and researcher in career development for Latinas in law.
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By Jeffrey M. Williams | October 4, 2023
It has been my experience, and what I have observed in the careers of many of my successful colleagues over the years, that to be an effective advocate for our clients, there are multiple components of a sound legal practice that extend well beyond specialization in any given area of practice.
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 3, 2023
"There's something to be said when ... the criticism is coming from your own," said plaintiff attorney Sam Weaver of Banks Weaver in Atlanta. "I felt really confident."
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By Cedra Mayfield | October 2, 2023
"In light of applicable law, the testimony of Defendant's own witnesses at trial, and the verdict rendered by the jury ... there is sufficient evidence supporting the verdict," read Fulton County State Court Judge Jane Morrison's denial order.
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By Michael A. Mora | September 29, 2023
"He is facing far more serious criminal punishment if convicted of killing his father," said Andrew Berman, a partner at Young, Berman, Karpf & Karpf.
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