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.
By Dan Roe | December 6, 2023
DEI pushback and lawsuits have so far targeted the "lowest hanging fruit," so tidying up policy language and reviewing organizational values can prepare firms for scrutiny.
By Everett Catts | October 31, 2023
Welcome to Mid-Market Roundup, where our team of regional editors shares the trends, challenges, opportunities and observations emerging in their markets.
By Justin Henry | Jessie Yount | September 19, 2023
While the number of offers made to second-year law school students nearly doubled in 2022 compared to 2021, that increase was concentrated in larger firms with busier recruiting cycles.
By Justin Henry | June 1, 2023
About 70 midsize firms qualified for Diversity Lab's midsize Mansfield Certification, which required 30% of candidates considered for leadership roles or equity partner promotions to be from underrepresented groups.
By Everett Catts | May 2, 2023
"We have offices in several locations, and we felt like it was important for other lawyers of color to get together and get to know each other better so we can be a resource for one other, even though we don't live in the same cities or work in the same offices," said Tashwanda Pinchback Dixon, a partner at Balch & Bingham's Atlanta office and Balch BLOCC's chair.
By Jessie Yount | April 12, 2023
"I want to open more doors for women behind me," Much's Courtney Mayster said. "Growing up in the legal profession, I had great mentors, but I didn't have any female mentors. Now that I'm in a high-level position, I want to give back to the women behind me. If they want it, I want to be there to support them and mentor them."
By Christine Charnosky | May 18, 2022
Graydon, which has 75 attorneys in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, instituted a new DEI credit policy in March, attorney Mina Jones Jefferson, Graydon's chief people officer, told Law.com on Tuesday.
By Jessie Yount | March 14, 2022
Looking beyond test scores and grades will enable the legal field to "find great talent that we might otherwise be ignoring, and that is why we are focusing on the whole package," Alicia Vaz said.
By Justin Henry | Christine Charnosky | February 25, 2022
"Our firm has been trying to do this for years," one midsize firm partner said, "But we can't make a difference without other stakeholders in the community."
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