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February 13, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Casablanca Theory of Diversity

The rest of the world has boarded the diversity plane. It's time for the llegal profession to join them.
5 minute read
November 10, 2003 | National Law Journal

HMO suits: all smell final victory

Health maintenance organizations and others concerned about the rising costs of medical care hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will reaffirm a 1987 ruling that prevented plan participants from bringing state-law tort claims against their HMOs.
9 minute read
April 29, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Who's Hiring Lawyers? Texas Law Firms Growing, Shrinking

Rising client demands and a market offering abundant lateral hiring opportunities helped swell the number of lawyers at two Texas firms by more than 40 percent during 2012. Meanwhile, percentage drops at firms losing lawyers were much lower than they were two years ago in 2010.
10 minute read
December 10, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Commentary: Why Lawyers Need (Yet Don't Hire) Coaches

Maybe lawyers don't use coaches because we aren't very coachable. It takes humility to realize the need for improvement and to accept criticism. Humility is not a character trait typically associated with lawyers.
6 minute read
April 30, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Commentary: Unequal Household Chores Hinder Women's Workplace Success

Kathleen J. Wu says she spends a lot of time talking about what the legal profession and women lawyers need to do to recruit and retain talented women lawyers. But keeping women in the profession is a three-legged table, and she says she has all but ignored one of those legs: the men who are in relationships with these talented women that firms are trying so hard to keep.
5 minute read
December 12, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The Measure of a Plan

After six years tracking diversity at large Dallas firms and no appreciable progress increasing minority representation among lawyers, Gerald "Jerry" Roberts, chairman of the Dallas Diversity Task Force, sees a need for a broader discussion on diversity.
8 minute read
August 29, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Commentary: Leaning In — Female Professionals Must Embrace Ambition

August means two things to big-firm lawyers: goodbye to summer associates and hello to first-year associates — that and weather hot enough to melt a cheap briefcase, says Kathleen J. Wu. For those sending the summers back to law school and bringing the newly minted lawyers into the fold, she offers some wisdom from an up-and-comer in whom she has taken a particular interest.
5 minute read
March 21, 2000 | Law.com

AG Asks Texas Firms for a Loan

In a market where wet-behind-the ears associates at large Texas firms are paid base salaries of $110,000, the Office of the Attorney General can't compete for lawyers with money. So the agency is trying to lure associates out of the private market by offering what it can -- courtroom experience and the glamour of public service.
4 minute read
November 05, 2004 | Law.com

Whistle While You Work

If 2004's summer associates had a collective motto, it might be the comment by an intern at Pittsburgh's Buchanan Ingersoll: "I loved coming to work every day." In the 2004 Summer Associates Survey, this year's crop of soon-to-be lawyers positively gushed over how much they liked their firms, their work and the lawyers they worked with. There was little angst voiced this year about getting an offer. Instead, summers knew what they wanted and felt more confident that they would get it.
15 minute read
September 19, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Questions to Ask to Win the Next Hearing

Though it should go without saying, judges are busy, writes James M. Stanton. They can spend only a fraction of the time attorneys do preparing for each hearing. To zero in on what the judge wants to know to resolve the dispute in a client's favor, counsel should be prepared to answer four questions, regardless of the type of motion or plea he is presenting.
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