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Partners set to be included in pay gap reporting as MPs criticise 'painfully slow' progress on law firm diversity

Exclusion of partners described as making "a nonsense" of efforts to tackle the pay gap
4 minute read

International Edition

Partners set to be included in pay gap reporting as MPs criticise 'painfully slow' progress on law firm diversity

Exclusion of partners described as making "a nonsense" of efforts to tackle the pay gap
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: Christy Burke Went from Her Family's Tech Companies to Her Own

The owner and founder of PR, marketing and event consulting services company Burke & Company talks overcoming unpleasant encounters, her first obstacle as an English teacher in Hungary, and more.
2 minute read

Law.com

The Double-Barreled Bias Against Black Women Lawyers

The Careerist Vivia Chen talks to Michele Coleman Mayes, a leader in the legal profession, where less than 1 percent of partners in major law firms are black women.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

'Enough Already': Lawyers Weigh in as Wells Fargo Sued for Racial Discrimination

Dr. Barbara Carroll suggests her run-in with alleged racism at a Fort Lauderdale Wells Fargo bank is the latest public instance of private businesses behaving in a hostile manner toward black patrons. She's taken her complaint to court.
1 minute read

The Recorder

The 6 Powerhouse California Firms on The American Lawyer's A-List

The A-List formula aims to rank the most successful firms in the United States based on a combination of financial and cultural factors: revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, associate satisfaction and racial and gender diversity, with RPL and pro bono given double weight.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

After Shook Suspends Partner, a Backlash to the Backlash?

Some lawyers asked whether Shook, Hardy & Bacon had thrown Miami litigator Paul Reid "under the bus."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Time's Up for Lawyers Too

Our profession, in both the private bar and in our courts, has a #TimesUp problem that needs to be seriously addressed.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawyer Sues Former Firm for Age Bias

Roger Rosendahl, who was 73 when he joined Stoel Rives as a partner, has accused the firm of pushing him out because of his age and thwarting him from doing substantive work for a client he helped land.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global In-House: Wise Ideas to Advance Diversity, Inclusion in Legal

Legal professionals from 10 countries gathered in Atlanta this spring for Working Wiser, a workshop which took a new approach to speeding diversity and inclusion in the legal industry. It was not your normal diversity event.
8 minute read

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