By Meghan Tribe | April 16, 2019
The report comes as a growing list of big firms are publicly battling claims of bias against women and mothers.
By Dan Clark | April 12, 2019
Law schools are looking for ways to bring legal operations training into the classroom, potentially creating a new path for lawyers in Big Law and an opportunity for firms to provide what clients really want.
By Karen Sloan | March 26, 2019
Law students who want firms to do away with the agreements are escalating their efforts ahead of the upcoming summer associate recruiting season.
By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | March 8, 2019
In this week's podcast, we hear from Law.com legal education editor Karen Sloan about some surprises—and some market stability—gleaned from this year's Go-To Law Schools report, including changes to traditional on-campus interviewing.
By Karen Sloan | February 4, 2019
The school's Pipeline Parity Project is asking law students to avoid interviewing with Venable until it stops requiring employees to sign mandatory arbitration agreements.
By Karen Sloan | January 23, 2019
In a bid to establish early and deep ties with diverse law students, the firms have unveiled new programs intended to help women and minority students succeed academically and give them more control over their summer associate gigs.
By Karen Sloan | December 13, 2018
NALP has ditched a guideline that firms give law students 28 days to accept a summer associate offer, as well as one prohibiting law firms from recruiting law students in their first semester. The overhaul is intended to spur innovation in entry-level legal recruiting.
By Karen Sloan | December 7, 2018
Law student activists combating mandatory arbitration in Big Law have notched another win, but it's uncertain whether the firm will abolish the policy for partners.
By Karen Sloan | December 3, 2018
The organizations say they won't accept funding from law firms that require employees to sign such agreements, nor will they promote those firms to their members.
By Karen Sloan | December 3, 2018
Indiana University has launched a Title IX investigation into law professor Ian Samuel, who spurred a movement among women students headed to Big Law.
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