"This is a way to gatekeep and to feel safe without actually being safe," said Akshay Verma, a former Meta legal ops chief whose recent LinkedIn post calling the requirement needlessly exclusionary attracted dozens of comments of support.
August 27, 2024 at 01:26 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Corporate Counsel
Companies increasingly are favoring attorneys for legal operations roles, a trend that Akshay Verma, a former legal ops chief at Meta and Coinbase, blasted in a recent LinkedIn post that’s sparking spirited debate.
Verma, himself an attorney, said he wrote the post after seeing a spate of job listings that either require a juris doctor, including this post at Meta, or prefer it, including one that’s now closed at ADP.
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