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'Diversity Facilitates Excellence': AIG's ACG Dawson Horn on Why He Co-Founded New Organization BUiLT

Co-founded by Horn and several legal and legal tech professionals, Blacks United in Legal Technology (BUiLT) aims to address many disparities that persist across the legal market.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Tech's Predictions for Innovating for Good in 2024

Legal industry experts make their predictions for what we can expect in the areas of DEI, ESG, mental health, access to justice, pro bono and more in 2024.
7 minute read

Law.com

Inside Track: Should We Put the Terms 'ESG' and 'DEI' to Rest, or Is That a Cop-Out?

DEI consultant Richard Orbe-Austin said "diversity, equity and inclusion" has started to "wither and lose favor across many industries"—a decline he blames on executives' failure to fully commit to the cause, not the phrase itself.
4 minute read

Law.com

Attorneys Seek to Avoid Sanctions for Misinterpreting Critical Facts in Amended Complaint

Attorneys representing a woman in an employment discrimination action against Norfolk State University asserted that sanctions are not warranted due to "a miscommunication between Plaintiff and her counsel."
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Panel Drops Probe Into North Carolina Justice's Comments

Justice Anita Earls responds by dropping her First Amendment lawsuit against the commission.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Troutman Pepper Sued for Racial Discrimination by Former Associate

Gita Sankano said she was fired after complaining about a partner's "outrageously demeaning, dehumanizing, and demoralizing email."
5 minute read

International Edition

The 'Returnity' Crisis: Is the Legal Profession Failing Women Lawyers Returning From Maternity Leave?

Despite various industry efforts, research shows a sharp drop in morale among working mothers after three months.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

In Defense of DEI: A Rejection of the Misinformation Campaign

"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."
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Diversity Challenged, but Not Deferred

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

New York Law Journal

Jurors in Davis Polk Retaliation Trial See Ex-Associate's Early Efforts to 'Flag' Inclusion Issues at Firm

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.
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