Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Ashley V. Gantt | July 20, 2020
The American Dream is premised on the notion that equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved. For many Black Americans, however, the seemingly equal road to achievement entails overcoming unsettling obstacles and inaccessibility to equal opportunities
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Luis Salazar | July 20, 2020
Now in my third decade of practicing, I've been fortunate enough to have worked in both Big Law and in smaller firms (like my own). In my experience, Big Law's focus on diversity and inclusion may be capturing all the attention, but smaller firms and boutiques have long led the way on these issues.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Dylan Jackson | July 20, 2020
While Florida firms enjoy a reputation for having diverse workplaces, their head count numbers show a small portion of Black attorneys.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Corali Lopez-Castro | July 20, 2020
Many of us have worked for decades to advance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. We started our fight early in our careers and continue to work to effectuate real change throughout our evolution. What is at stake is significant: equality; empathy; trust; a sense of belonging.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Adrian K. Felix | July 20, 2020
Over the last several weeks, law firm leaders have begun to reexamine their firm's participation and investment in diversity and other similar programs (both internal and external). It is understood that firms can help address an underlying cause of racial and other inequalities—i.e., representation, by earnestly supporting and fostering diversity and inclusion in a broader sense.
By David Thomas | July 14, 2020
It's rare for such established partners as Katyal to join a prosecutor's office on a temporary basis for one case. But Floyd's violent death in police custody led to an explosion of protests across the world and to law firms reexamining their own roles in fighting racial injustice and police brutality.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Vivia Chen | July 7, 2020
Meet the Am Law 100 firms where Black partners are barely existent or powerless.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Amanda Bronstad | July 6, 2020
Women made up 40% of lawyers leading four or more MDLs created from 2016 to 2019, according to Law.com research. Although most of the top firms remain the same, some have spread out appointments to several lawyers, including women.
By Lisa Helem | Vanessa Blum | July 2, 2020
Grace Speights of Morgan Lewis and Tara Elliott of Latham & Watkins discuss the current landscape and the conversations they're having about race.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Eugene Pettis | July 2, 2020
The weight of this issue requires full engagement toward change. Authentic conversations have the power to peel back the layers of hurt and pain in one's life, to clear away the historical harm that has calcified through avoidance and neglect.
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