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Mentoring Diverse Associates: We Must 'Walk the Talk'
Friday, November 20, 2009
Strong mentoring is essential to associate development. Successful mentoring relationships are crucial to the development and retention of diverse associates. We have heard it repeated over recent years: Without challenging work assignments, good counsel and sponsorship from a partner, associates can become lost in the law firm environment.
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What Change Lies Ahead, What Legacy Left Behind?
Monday, October 26, 2009
Change is the order of the day. The country flooded the polls in record numbers almost a year ago and carried President Obama to resounding victory all in the hope for change -- change in our international policy and diplomacy, change in our economic policy, change in our social policy and even change in the demographics of power. There is an urgency in the manner and substance of the national yearning for change.
Let's Not Wait for the World to Change:
Friday, September 25, 2009
Catalyst recently issued its report, "Women of Color in U.S. Law Firms." The report examined the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender among lawyers in a sample of the top 25 U.S. law firms (by revenue). The report was based on the results of a survey with a total of 1,242 lawyer respondents (including men and women of color, white men and white women), interviews with senior partners in a subsample of participating firms and focus groups with women of color.
Building a House for Diversity: Perspective of a Second-Year Associate
Friday, August 28, 2009
As an Asian-American woman, it is important to me to work in an environment that values and encourages diversity. This article will focus on my experiences as a young, diverse law firm associate and on what matters to me and keeps me at my firm.
Lessons in Diversity
Friday, July 31, 2009
I strongly believe in diversity in the workplace, and I take pride in advancing that belief through my work. But I?m constantly reminded that just as any good lawyer has to relentlessly focus on fundamentals to succeed, encouraging diversity requires a conscious, consistent effort.
Diversity Still in the Forefront; Phila. Lawyers Focused on Support
Friday, June 26, 2009
On June 12, The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, in association with the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, presented a "Diversity in the Law" luncheon.
Mentoring Law Students as a Means to Improving Diversity in the Field
Friday, May 22, 2009
The absence of meaningful diversity in the legal profession has been an enduring problem. A survey by The Legal Intelligencer in 1998 found little evidence of diversity within mostly medium and large defense law firms in the metropolitan Philadelphia area. Another survey by The Legal in June 2007 found even less diversity within the plaintiffs bar in both Philadelphia in particular and Pennsylvania in general.
Economic Downturn Should Spur Training and Mentoring
Thursday, April 23, 2009
As we have seen on the evening news, in the local newspapers and even on the front page of The Legal Intelligencer, the global economic downturn has affected almost every aspect of our domestic and local economy. Nationally, the legal industry, once considered to be fairly recession resistant, is also feeling the effects of this economic downturn.
Keeping the Focus on Increasing Diversity in Law Firm Management
Friday, March 27, 2009
In the face of these harsh economic times, it is important that we stay focused on diversity and make certain those of us in the legal profession do not lose ground on this front.
Diversity in a Downturn: Staying the Course
Friday, February 27, 2009
We are facing some of the toughest economic times that many of us have witnessed in our lifetime. The legal market has not been immune to the fallout in the wake of the financial storm pounding the housing and credit markets specifically, and our entire capital market system, generally.
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