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News and expert analysis on diversity
By Amy Guthrie | January 5, 2023
The ascension of Norma Lucía Piña Hernández was hailed as recognition that women can lead, as well as proof of the independence of the judiciary.
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By Gail J. Cohen | December 21, 2022
Ontario Chief Justice Michael Tulloch has been a judge since 2003 and was also the first Black Canadian to sit on any appellate court in the country.
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By Gail J. Cohen | December 6, 2022
Peter Sullivan was previously with Cassels Brock for 11 years.
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By Jack Womack | December 6, 2022
Law firms dominate the Social Mobility Foundation's list of the best employers.
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By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | November 28, 2022
Find out which firms won the coveted law firm of the year awards as well as which firms were commended for their ESG, diversity and CSR initiatives.
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By Paul Hodkinson | November 27, 2022
The performance of some of the best-known UK law firms in the A-List ranking was hugely disappointing given their reputations, writes the Global Lawyer.
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By Jack Womack | November 22, 2022
The research also found that many corporates had work to do when it came to their own diversity efforts.
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By Jack Womack | November 22, 2022
Which firms in the UK have managed to excel in achieving strong revenues per lawyer, whilst also impressing on pro bono work and diversity within their ranks?
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By Gail J. Cohen | November 1, 2022
Perry Bellegarde, former leader of the largest advocacy organization for Indigenous Canadians, has extensive experience negotiating deals and bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada and abroad.
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By Christopher Niesche | October 27, 2022
The firm will also make a years' worth of pension payments to parents while they are on leave, as missing out on superannuation payments while on parental leave has been identified as a key reason why many women are worse off in retirement than men.
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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.
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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.
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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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By Amie K. Santos | January 5, 2024
While many firms, small and large alike, take a programmatic and educational approach to their equity efforts, the firms making substantial progress are taking a structural approach, writes diversity consultant Amie K. Santos.
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By Sharon Masling and Ami Wynne | January 5, 2024
Litigation threats challenging employment-related DEI practices, foundations and other charitable institutions, vendor and supplier diversity programs, corporate board governance programs, and investment strategies emerged using the Court's reasoning in the Harvard/UNC decision. This article discusses the latest litigation trends for those areas.
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By Emily Cousins | January 5, 2024
"We feel like there's a lot of allegations here that would show that the school district really deliberately went after [the plaintiff] and retaliated against him for exercising his constitutional right," The Fairness Center's Nathan McGrath said.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 5, 2024
After being reelected to a second term, Gov. Brian Kemp appointed more than two-dozen judges to Georgia state, superior and appellate courts in 2023.
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