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New York Law Journal

Bar Associations in New York Call for Diversity CLE

The New York City Bar Association and a coalition of bar groups for women and minorities are calling on the state court system to create new requirement for attorneys to take courses in diversity and inclusion as part of its biennial registration.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

One GC's Five Tips for Promoting Diversity

Leslie Thornton, the GC of Washing Gas Light Co., is known for pushing her outside law firms to promote diversity. She has tips for GCs who want to follow in her footsteps.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A 1973 Book Rings True Today

What did I do on my summer vacation this year? I read a lot. One book haunts me, and will for a while. I pass it along with a grim sort of recommendation. Candidly, I am hoping that several of you will read it and then tell me why I ought not to be so disturbed by it.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Kirkland & Ellis' Diversity Conference Is Just the Start

The idea of nurturing careers really highlighted what made Kirkland & Ellis' first 1L Diversity Scholars Program different. The firm brought together students and attorneys to talk about changing the diversity landscape in the legal profession. Even more important, though, was its goal of fostering a continuing relationship between students and attorneys beyond one conference.
20 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs Bar Diversity Improves Slightly as Conversations Shift

While certain firms made individual gains in attorney diversity since last year, improvement in the number of minority and female trial attorneys remained sluggish from 2015 to 2016, based on The Legal's ninth annual survey examining diversity at the largest plaintiffs firms in the state.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Women Pushing to Overcome Professional, Personal Obstacles in Law

Former Florida Bar president Mayanne Downs will be coming off the most traumatic month in her life before she takes charge at GrayRobinson.
37 minute read

Daily Report Online

Three Big Atlanta Firms Score High in Women in Law Ranking

Three Atlanta firms ranked in the top 10 in The National Law Journal's annual Women in Law survey—but Atlanta's big firms were in the middle of the pack for The American Lawyer's annual Diversity Scorecard survey of racial diversity.
32 minute read

Daily Business Review

Drive to Succeed Takes Knight to Big-Dollar M&A Deals

Holland & Knight's Tammy Knight was driven from childhood to get a professional degree, but the courtroom wasn't for her.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Law School 'Boot Camp' for Disadvantaged Students Is Revived

More than three years after Judge Jenny Rivera exchanged a tenured professorship at the City University of New York School of Law for a seat on the state Court of Appeals, she has been able this summer to use her teaching skills again.
8 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Uses 'Imperfect' Blend of Metrics in Valuation Dispute

Pointing to significant regulatory uncertainty and a depressed market, the Delaware Court of Chancery considered three factors to determine that a private equity firm underpaid for DFC Global Corp. when it bought the payday lender for $9.50 per share in 2014.
13 minute read

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