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News and expert analysis on diversity
By Stephanie Wilkins | January 22, 2024
Legal industry experts make their predictions for what we can expect in the areas of DEI, ESG, mental health, access to justice, pro bono and more in 2024.
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By Greg Andrews | January 18, 2024
DEI consultant Richard Orbe-Austin said "diversity, equity and inclusion" has started to "wither and lose favor across many industries"—a decline he blames on executives' failure to fully commit to the cause, not the phrase itself.
4 minute read
By Allison Dunn | January 18, 2024
Attorneys representing a woman in an employment discrimination action against Norfolk State University asserted that sanctions are not warranted due to "a miscommunication between Plaintiff and her counsel."
5 minute read
By Avalon Zoppo | January 17, 2024
Justice Anita Earls responds by dropping her First Amendment lawsuit against the commission.
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By Amanda O'Brien | January 17, 2024
Gita Sankano said she was fired after complaining about a partner's "outrageously demeaning, dehumanizing, and demoralizing email."
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By Yusuf Z. Zakir | January 12, 2024
"As we approach the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we are experiencing an onslaught," Yusuf Z. Zakir of Davis Wright Tremaine writes. "Here, I will seek to correct the record about equity, inclusion, and diversity."
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By Brad S. Karp, Co-Chair, Task Force on Advancing Diversity | January 12, 2024
Brad S. Karp, co-chair of the Task Force on Advancing Diversity, writes: In just one month, our collective commitment to advancing diversity coalesced into a 97-page report that provides a detailed assessment of the benefits of diversity and the impact of 'SFFA' on educational institutions, private employers and courts.
3 minute read
By Jane Wester | January 11, 2024
As a junior associate, plaintiff Kaloma Cardwell suggested that third-year associates receive training on the importance of greeting colleagues, saying he wanted to avoid scenarios in which young associates of color are ignored.
4 minute read
By Trudy Knockless | January 10, 2024
While a new study from Littler Mendelson found companies are determined to press on with their DEI initiatives, it found they're tending to avoid "legally thorny" practices, such as providing incentives to executives to advance diversity.
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By Amanda O'Brien | January 9, 2024
"One of the fundamental things that we receive are clients who have solely relied on a law firm or solely relied on a consultant," said group leader Simeon Brier, who's based in South Florida. "It's hard to operate with the left arm not knowing what the right arm is doing."
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