By Ellen Bardash | April 21, 2022
The partnership comes as many firms with a Delaware presence are building up committees or hiring for positions focused on diversity, with Young Conaway also the first to bring on an attorney for a DEI position not juggled with other legal work.
Delaware Law Weekly | Analysis
By Ellen Bardash | March 3, 2022
"Intentional efforts to support attorneys of color are so important," said the DEI director of Young Conaway, who said law firms must recognize the potential for lawyers from underrepresented groups to feel isolated.
By Ellen Bardash | February 22, 2022
Diversity in Delaware's bar is hindered at every educational level, starting with a lack of education about the court system and legal processes and proceeding all the way up to the nation's most stringent bar exam, the report said.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Justin Henry | September 28, 2021
"We have to make an affirmative effort to go out and find candidates because we find our normal pool of candidates doesn't necessarily include as diverse and representative a group of individuals as we would hope to have," said Burns White CEO Mary-Jo Rebelo.
By Zack Needles | Alaina Lancaster | July 23, 2021
In this week's episode, Law.com business of law reporter Dylan Jackson talks with Haley Moss, an autistic attorney and neurodiversity advocate, about how attorneys with disabilities are viewed by the legal industry, why remote work must continue and the benefits of tapping into the talent pool of neurodivergent attorneys.
By Ellen Bardash | May 18, 2021
The project is the first in the country aimed directly at addressing issues involving diversity in the legal field and has been developed with the idea that its recommendations could eventually serve as a national model as well as a plan for the state.
By Karen Sloan | Zack Needles | February 19, 2021
Akin Gump partners Jaelyn Edwards Judelson and Estela Diaz discuss the firm's online sessions for minority law students that center on breaking into Big Law, and what to expect once they get there.
By Vanessa Blum | Zack Needles | December 11, 2020
Diversity leaders at three Am Law 200 firms open up about their jobs, the industry's biggest challenges and what makes them optimistic.
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.
By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | February 14, 2020
In this episode, The Careerist Vivia Chen talks with Squire Patton Boggs global managing partner Frederick Nance about the progress—and lack of it—in opportunities for African American attorneys in Big Law.
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