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International Edition

Baroness Hale appointed as first female president of Supreme Court

Three other judges have been appointed to serve alongside Hale
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Are Asian-Americans Fed Up With Law?

While it might be easy to read a recent report as a confirmation of how the system fails Asian-Americans, it actually paints a more complicated picture.
6 minute read

International Edition

Google, JPMorgan and GSK among companies joining push to send more work to diverse law firms

Group of 32 major companies spent $226m on law firms owned by women and minorities last year
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Major Corporations Teamed Up to Spend $226M in 2016 on Women, Minority-Owned Firms

The Inclusion Initiative involves big players such as Prudential Financial, Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Study: Asian-Americans Face Glass Ceiling in the Law

A study released Tuesday by NAPABA and Yale Law School found Asian-Americans, the fastest-growing minority group in the legal profession, have made only limited progress in reaching the upper echelons of the law.
9 minute read

International Edition

US judge approves adding Norton Rose Fulbright to Chadbourne sex bias lawsuit

Firm embroiled in $100m gender bias lawsuit filed against merger partner Chadbourne
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Diversity

In the Daily Business Review's diversity special section, articles focus on an anecdotal increase in the number of women rising in firm leadership and a Florida Bar training program lauded by participants for having helped diversity.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Gender, Psychology, and Justice: The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System

An ancient Danish proverb posits that an old error has more friends than a new truth. It is a recurring theme in this collection of scholarly articles, each of which analyzes how gender-related stereotypes and practices have negatively influenced law enforcement, courts, and correctional facilities in their treatment of women and girls.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

New State Court Commission, Named for LGBTQ Pioneer, Begins to Map the Future

Members of a new commission tasked with addressing LGBTQ issues in state courts have underlined their mission by naming the panel after a Manhattan judge who was a forceful advocate of the gay and lesbian community at a dark time in its history.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Meet the Presidents of Affinity Bar Associations

Profiles of the new leaders of the Asian American Bar Association of New York; Dominican Bar Association; LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL); Puerto Rican Bar Association; South Asian Bar Association of New York; Hispanic National Bar Association, New York Region; and New York Women's Bar Association.
27 minute read

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