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Let's not kid ourselves - does the legal profession really care about diversity?

These days you often hear of social inclusion or diversity "moving up the agenda" of City law firms. But if I'm honest, years of covering the profession has led me to the view that the commercial sector, at least, generally doesn't much care about this stuff. What is usually meant when it is said that things are "moving up the agenda" is that people feel the need to discuss something or take cosmetic steps that will in reality have little impact, not to actually do much substantive. There's a world of difference between the former and the latter.
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International Edition

Career Clinic: Miserly maternity pay leaves mum-to-be strapped for cash

When I joined my current firm, I was encouraged to believe that my firm's maternity policy was in line with market standard in the City. Finding myself unexpectedly but happily pregnant, I recently had cause to check the details - and the arrangements are far from generous. Nearly half the additional maternity pay will be held back for a year and paid as a "bonus" only after I have been back at work for six months, which will leave me strapped for cash at the time I need it most.
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International Edition

Comac places emphasis on investor relations.

Investor relations activities are becoming even more critical for hedge funds as regulation requirements and greater demand for information by investors propels IR activity into the limelight
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Friends Criticizes Cuomo on Presiding Justices Appointment

By virtue of his two appointments of presiding justices, the governor has cemented the complete exclusion of any African American from having a seat at the statewide policy-making table.
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