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Corporate Counsel

Legal Ops Leaders Outline Diversity and Inclusion Strategies at CLOC

Legal operations professionals from Starbucks, Oracle and Northwestern Mutual discussed what's worked and what hasn't in their diversity programs, offering strategies and a maturity index for legal departments.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California's Plaintiffs Bar More White, Male Than Private Bar as a Whole

According to a new survey by The Recorder, the state's largest plaintiffs firms have only 31.4% women attorneys—more than seven percentage points lower than private practice firms statewide.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Developments Merit Nominating Committee Briefing

An exceptional series of recent governance developments warrants a briefing by the general counsel to the board's nominating committee.
5 minute read

International Edition

IBA Survey Finds Endemic Sexual Harassment, Bullying Across Global Law

Giant poll of nearly 7,000 people working in law finds issues are rife but hugely under-reported.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Critics Link California's Bar Exam to Lack of Bench, Bar Diversity

"If we care about diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, and I will assume that we do, then the current bar exam cut score is simply unconscionable," L. Song Richardson, dean of the UC Irvine School of Law, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
4 minute read

Law.com

Critics Say California's Bar Exam Cut Score Impedes Diversity

"If we care about diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, and I will assume that we do, then the current bar exam cut score is simply unconscionable," L. Song Richardson, dean of the UC Irvine School of Law, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Women Legal Execs, Entrepreneurs Celebrate New Networking Venture: 'The Fourth Floor'

The group's founders got an enthusiastic response at a launch event at Davis Wright Tremaine's New York offices Monday night.
4 minute read

Global Leaders in Law

Lessons on Crisis Management, Leadership From the GC of Integral

Dan Troy, the Chief Business Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Integral – a small start-up health company backed by Flagship…
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: Karen J. Pruitt, Champion of Both E-Discovery and Animal Welfare

Karen Pruitt, regional sales director at JND Legal Administration, talks being litigation support in the '80s, rescuing animals at the family ranch, and carrying on the legacy of President George H.W. Bush.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

News Flash: Asian American Woman Is New Leader at Elite Law Firm

"I'm aware that because of my race and gender that some people will think I'm less competent to lead. I know I don't fit the typical image—an old white guy," says Hailyn Chen, the new co-managing partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson.
6 minute read

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