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International Edition

The Best Law Firms for Female Equity Partners, 2022

The largest UK law firms are still falling behind when it comes to their UK partnership gender split, in-depth research by Law.com International has found.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Meet the Woman Helping Holland & Knight's Global Arbitration Push

"As such, immigrant lawyers need to be proficient in oral and written English. During my first years in the U.S. I focused on adapting my writing skills to the U.S. style. Every day I learn new American idioms and expressions," attorney Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta said.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Meet the New Judge: US Senate Confirms Ex-Bar President to Fill Long-Vacant Position

"Beyond her impeccable credentials and her lived experience as a barrier-breaking Latina in New Jersey and the legal profession, Ms. Padin has a relentless commitment to equal justice under the law that will shine when she assumes her place on the federal bench," said U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez.
3 minute read

Law.com

How I Made It: 'I View My Role as the Point Guard for the Office—To Make Everyone Around Me Better,' Says Meshach Rhoades of Crowell & Moring

"Be authentic, figure out what you do great and do that more, figure out what others do great and show them off and lift them up so they can do that more, too."
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Judge's Decision Trumped by British Order

"Pursuant to the [Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act], the mother had the burden of establishing that the U.K. family court did not have jurisdiction when it entered the 2019 CAO," the Georgia Court of Appeals decision read. "The mother has failed to carry her burden of showing that the U.K. family court 'did not have jurisdiction under Part 2 of [the UCCJEA].'"
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Law Mamas Drama Erupts After In-House Lawyer Gets Booted From Group Over Vax Views

"Have we sunk this low as a society? Where we can't even tolerate the presence of someone who dares to have a different feeling?"
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Legal Malpractice Claims Are Soaring: Here Are the Most Vulnerable Practice Areas

"As we continue to the work more remotely, and go into an economic downturn, we can expect potentially more malpractice claims," survey leader Eileen Garczynski said.
4 minute read

Law.com

How I Started My Own Law Firm: 'I Built the Type of Work Environment I Wanted for the Types of Clients I Most Enjoy Serving,' Says Kristen Corpion of CORPlaw

"In a sea of cookie-cutter, we want rebels."
10 minute read

International Edition

Legal Career Coach Describes 'Devastating' Uptick in Burnout Cases

The comments were made during a roundtable discussion at the Women Influence & Power in Law conference, where women in the industry also discussed how they switch off at home.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

'You Can Be Inspiring': US Chief Judge Laura Taylor Swain Emphasizes Mentorship to Fordham Law Graduates

Swain, the second woman of color to serve as chief judge in the Southern District of New York, was a law clerk for the first to serve in the post, Judge Constance Baker Motley. She credited another mentor—her law school professor Derrick Bell—with the opportunity for that clerkship.
3 minute read

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