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The American Lawyer

The End of Affirmative Action Warrants More Collaboration Between Law Firms, Clients and Schools, DEI Leaders Say

A profession-wide effort to expand diverse talent pipelines is forming in the wake of Thursday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Real Diversity = Providing the Opportunity to Lead

Bijal V. Vakil, founding partner of Allen & Overy's Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices, explains how rising numbers of minority partners at leading law firms are masking a more significant challenge for the whole industry.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Push to 4-Day Attendance Poses Risks for Law Firm Diversity Efforts

The growing eagerness to ramp up office mandates will have the sharpest impacts on women, caregivers, and people of color, according to industry observers.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Dilworth Paxson Elects First Female Co-Managing Partner

Trusts and estates partner Kristen Behrens will join litigation partner Patrick Northen, who has been in the role for the past five years.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

All Eyes on the Prize as 2nd Circuit Grants Rare En Banc Hearing

"The plaintiffs had standing when they sued for sex discrimination, leaving two issues for the en banc court to resolve," John Bursch said. "First, whether this case is mooted by plaintiffs' and intervenors' graduation, and second, whether plaintiffs' damages are barred by [Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman]."
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Women of Legal Tech: How Being Known as the One Who 'Got Things Done' Earned Anne Li Her Seat at the Table

Anne Li, Co-Chair of the Patent Group and the Life Sciences Committee at Crowell and Moring, discusses how clients and firms can be innovative in working together, why she's very open about her struggles in being a working attorney-mother, and the importance of letting others know you need to be in the room if they want things to get done.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Barber Ranen Founding Partners Resign Following Disclosure of Misogynistic, Racist Emails

Resignations by Barber, the firm's managing partner, and Ranen, the firm's chief financial officer, were confirmed in a statement by CEO Timothy Graves. "Effective immediately, the firm has requested and accepted the resignations of John Barber and Jeffrey Ranen," Graves said in a statement to The American Lawyer.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

AI Group Promoting Women, Fighting Gender Bias Names Legal Chief

The Paris-based organization, which started as a Facebook group, now boasts 13,000 members in 150 countries.
2 minute read

Law.com

How Poker Can Make Lawyers Better Negotiators

"Understanding who you're at the table with, whether you're at a poker table or negotiation table, is really critical for your success in that arena," said Ellen Leikind, the founder and CEO of PokerDivas.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Breyer Looks Back on Sexism Faced by Female Harvard Classmates

"They were having a tougher time than we thought," retired Justice Stephen Breyer said of his female peers at Harvard Law School in the early 1960s.
4 minute read

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