By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 29, 2017
The New York City Bar Association presented the Arthur S. Leonard Award to Noah E. Lewis, executive director of Transcend Legal, and Kim Forte, supervising attorney of the Legal Aid Society, during its 2017 LGBT Pride Reception on Wednesday
By dailyreportonline | Daily Report | June 29, 2017
Last year the top lawyer at The Coca-Cola Co. explained his legal department's approach to diversity. Bernhard Goepelt, the senior vice president, general…
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 28, 2017
The New York City Bar Association recognized the recipients of its 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award Tuesday at its annual Diversity and Inclusion Celebration Dinner.
By Jacklyn Fetbroyt | June 27, 2017
Diversity and inclusion are so often discussed in the business world that they are becoming buzz words. Unfortunately, in the legal profession, the "buzz" seems to be just that: noise. Law firms and the legal profession, generally, are notoriously stagnant (and even falling behind) in diversity.
By Natalie Klyashtorny | June 27, 2017
At its August 2016 annual meeting, the American Bar Association passed a resolution that amended 8.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make it an ethical violation for an attorney to "engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status in conduct related to the practice of law."
By Meghan Rohling Kelly | June 27, 2017
For the last 20 years, approximately half of all law school graduates have been women. Yet, as has been widely reported, women only make up slightly more than 20 percent of the partnership at major law firms, with even fewer women becoming equity partners.
By Beth A. Slagle | June 27, 2017
We all understand what explicit biases aremdash;they are the biases that we have that we know about. They are conscious and largely controllable. Implicit bias, unlike explicit bias, is more complex and refers to our attitudes or stereotypes that we have about a person or a group but that reside in our subconscious. These biases affect the way we act and react, but all in an unconscious manner.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 27, 2017
The editorial staff of The Legal Intelligencer recognizes diversity as a continuing concern in the legal community. This is our biannual discussion, an attempt to propose concrete solutions for the issues the legal profession faces in recruiting, hiring and retaining minority attorneys.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 27, 2017
In the Legal's Diversity supplement, read about ways to combat implicit bias, the role of management in top-down diversity efforts and check out our roundtable discussion.
By Elizabeth Livingston | June 27, 2017
Until recently, no U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had extended Title VII to include sexual orientation as a protected class, meaning that LGBTQ individuals who suffer discrimination could not avail themselves of Title VII protection from bias.
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