Law firms lead in instituting transgender policies for employees
BLOOMBERG LAW – Law firms are often among the highest-rated workplaces for LGBT equality, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Read More about Law firms lead in instituting transgender policies for employeesHarvard Law task force releases diversity and inclusion report, recommendations
HARVARD CRIMSON – A year after racially-focused protests rocked Harvard Law School, a student, faculty, and alumni task force has recommended changes to improve diversity and inclusion across the school.
Read More about Harvard Law task force releases diversity and inclusion report, recommendationsPanelists discuss the business case for diversity in legal services
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW – The discussion encouraged legal marketers to find ways to help their firms develop new pathways into the legal profession for the many talented, diverse legal professionals.
Read More about Panelists discuss the business case for diversity in legal servicesGlobal survey finds few male in-house lawyers believe there is a gender pay gap
ABA JOURNAL – Few male lawyers working in-house for corporations believe there is a pay gap for their female counterparts, even though statistics paint a different picture.
Read More about Global survey finds few male in-house lawyers believe there is a gender pay gapA look at the legacy of black lawyers in the U.S.
NEW YORKER – “The laws that defined and circumscribed life in the Jim Crow South were warped, but it was also the law—farsighted, fair-minded jurisprudence—that gave us the tools to dismantle segregation, piece by rotten piece.”
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BLOOMBERG LAW – Today, practically all diversity programs are considered diversity and inclusion programs — a subtle, yet significant difference, because the term focuses on including, and therefore retaining, diverse talent.
Read More about Law firms elevate role of diversity and inclusion groupsSt. Louis Law professor: student loan forgiveness is a social justice issue
NATIONAL JURIST – “For disadvantaged students, higher education is the surest path to socioeconomic advancement; but the path is fraught with risks.”
Read More about St. Louis Law professor: student loan forgiveness is a social justice issueDiversity Law pilots project challenging law firms to make women and minorities at least 30 percent of candidate pool for open roles
BLOOMBERG LAW – Under a one year pilot program, thirty U.S. law firms have agreed to adopt a policy that requires them to consider women and minority lawyers when it comes to promoting and hiring talent.
Read More about Diversity Law pilots project challenging law firms to make women and minorities at least 30 percent of candidate pool for open rolesStudy finds percentage of African-American lawyers in large law firms stayed flat despite small gains in overall diversity
ABA JOURNAL – Large law firms made small gains in diversity in 2016 but African-American lawyers were not among those who benefited.
Read More about Study finds percentage of African-American lawyers in large law firms stayed flat despite small gains in overall diversityOutgoing Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow’s commencement address highlights inclusion
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL – Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow told graduates that at a moment when differences sharply divide people in this country and around the world, members of the Class of 2017 “share something indelible.”
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