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Texas Lawyer

Lawyers Aren't Immune to Those 'Wanna Get Away' Moments

Remember the Southwest Airlines advertising campaign featuring people caught in embarrassing or awkward situations calling for a quick exit—followed…
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Women Exit Ogletree Deakins in Wake of Gender Bias Allegations

“A lot of my good friends had left. I looked around and said, 'Why am I still here?'” said a former nonequity partner at Ogletree Deakins, a national labor and employment firm facing a $300 million gender bias suit.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Celebrity Lawyer Drew Findling Honored During NACDL Swearing-In in Miami

“Drew Findling's entire life has been about service and the defense of people against whom the deck is clearly stacked, people who quite literally are oppressed by our criminal justice system,” said NACDL Immediate Past President Rick Jones.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Stressed Out? Tell Us About It

Publications from around the ALM family are engaging readers on the important issue of stress in the workplace, and we want to hear from you.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Retaliatory Discharge Claim at Law Firm Raises Questions of Fact

The at-will employee protection most law firms have as employers which permits them to terminate an at-will employee for any or no reason but for a discriminatory reason faced scrutiny last month in the law firm context regarding an allegation that an associate attorney was terminated from their firm for raising ethical concerns.
10 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

New York Law Journal

Gender Diversity and Board Quotas

In their Corporate Governance column, David Katz and Laura McIntosh consider whether instituting gender quotas for boards of directors of public companies would be beneficial or harmful to the larger goals of gender parity and board diversity in the United States.  
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

After Hours

The New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association held its third annual gala on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Mirage Banquet Hall in Edison.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

From Piles to Files—How Getting Organized Can Transform Your Business

Recently, I was on the phone with a fellow coach who asked about my personality type from an assessment taken in the past. I didn't recall, so while still on the call, I quietly walked over to my filing cabinet and pulled out a folder labeled “my assessments.”
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

5 Lessons From the Backlash Against Male Attorney Who Fought Pregnant Lawyer's Request for Continuance

University of Miami law professor and legal ethics expert Jan Jacobowitz discusses five lessons learned from the backlash surrounding Paul Reid's objection to pregnant attorney Christen Luikart's motion for continuance.
1 minute read

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