ABA report: White men are more likely to land law firm partnerships
BLOOMBERG LAW — Law firms are still hiring and promoting far fewer minority and women lawyers into partnerships compared with White men, an American Bar Association report shows.
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YAHOO! –A London law firm has offered staff the option to work from home permanently, but the convenience comes at a price.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Law firms are still hiring and promoting far fewer minority and women lawyers into partnerships compared with White men, an American Bar Association report shows.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The battle for top legal talent is on, and law firms can position themselves to be at a competitive advantage by allowing current attorneys and laterals to switch practice areas, explains JB Pullias, a senior director at legal recruiting firm VOYlegal. Flexibility can be a strong recruiting and retention tool, he says.
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ABOVE THE LAW — It has been almost two months since I submitted a Statement for the Recordfor the March 17, 2022 House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing, detailing my personal experience of harassment and retaliation by a former DC Superior Court judge. Back when I was a law clerk, I could never have imagined how my…
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GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — “Law has historically lacked diversity, and it oftentimes can be quite apparent even in modern times. I have worked at firms where I have been the only person of color, as well as firms where the majority of the staff and attorneys are people of color, and I have definitely noted…
Read More about A profile on recent Georgia State University Law graduate Dagem ArayaRecent Howard Law graduate Teeanna Brisco discusses how her father inspired her path to the legal profession
YAHOO!NEWS — The first time Teeanna Brisco saw her father after he was released from prison was just before her law school graduation, when she picked him up from the airport. Bernard Brisco had been imprisoned for 20 years for non-violent drug crimes, sentenced in 2001 for selling cocaine. His daughter was just four years old.
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ED UP LEGAL — Legal education is experiencing large swings in applications; a call for innovation & adaptation; demand for increased diversification of the profession; & cries for social justice impact & protection of the Rule of Law. Host Patty Roberts, Dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law, will discuss innovations in legal education…
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SIU NEWS — Fifteen high achieving juniors and seniors from colleges around the country will gain insight on legal careers and preparing for law school at the Southern Illinois University School of Law’s inaugural Diversity Prelaw Summer Institute, May 25-29 – part of SIU Carbondale’s commitment to diversifying the legal profession.
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Stanford Center on the Legal Profession has been front and center in state-level efforts to rethink how legal services are regulated to widen access to justice. Since 2020, both Utah and Arizona have dramatically revised the rules around legal practice ownership and unauthorized practice of law. Several other states are…
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