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'Complacent' law firm leaders accused of not calling out 'micro-aggressions'

Major study finds junior lawyers from tougher backgrounds being held back by routine denigration
6 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaws and Linklaters publish parental leave and pay policies to improve transparency

The firms are among a host of businesses to join MP Jo Swinson's campaign
3 minute read

International Edition

Addleshaws and Linklaters publish parental leave and pay policies to improve transparency

The firms are among a host of businesses to join MP Jo Swinson's campaign
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Winging It No Longer, Law Firms Bring in the Diversity Professionals

With prominent partners leaving to start their own inclusion-focused ventures, and more law firms adding chief diversity officers to their management ranks, advancing diversity is becoming serious business.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Winging It No Longer, Law Firms Bring in the Diversity Professionals

New York-based Sandra Bang, who was named Shearman & Sterling's chief diversity and talent strategy officer, said. “the firm, along with its senior leaders and everyone else—partners, associates, business services—really thought about how can we, as a firm, take this to the next level."
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

'These Aren't Good Numbers,' Former Chief Justice Writes About Courts' Diversity

"Public confidence in our courts is stronger when the judiciary bears some broad resemblance to the community it serves, rather than an exclusive segment of it."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Cushman & Wakefield Executive Sues Firm Over Race, Gender Claims

“The evidence we have points to an environment where white men are favored by their male colleagues in senior management, significantly limiting the advancement of women, and particularly women of color,” a lawyer for the former Cushman & Wakefield executive, Nicole Urquhart-Bradley, said.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Governor Diluted Diversity for Blacks at Appeals Courts; Women Saw Mixed Results

Deal expanded the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals by a total of five jurists in a series of moves that reduced the representation of blacks on those courts and women at the high court. But the proportion of women rose at the Court of Appeals.
9 minute read

Law.com

Data Snapshot: Is Big Law Making Progress On Gender Diversity?

There may have been some change in the representation of women at major law firms over the past five years, but it has been slow going.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

New Phila. Barristers' President Stresses Legacy, Community Service

"We're a voice that needs to be heard," said Tianna Kalogerakis, the new president of the Barristers' Association. She told The Legal the organization needs to make sure that proposed legislation that is going to impact black and brown folks serves their interests as members of marginalized communities.
9 minute read

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