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By Christine Simmons | January 27, 2019
Top lawyers at major companies banded together to craft an ultimatum after seeing "largely male and largely white" new law firm partner classes at Paul Weiss and other firms.
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By Caroline Spiezio | January 25, 2019
Six tech companies—Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, Lenovo and Microsoft—are sponsoring a program from the Hispanic National Bar Association that aims to increase the number of Latino IP lawyers. Currently, Latinos make up less than 5 percent of the legal industry as a whole.
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By David Klepper, The Associated Press | January 25, 2019
The anti-discrimination bill adds gender identity and gender expression to the existing law banning discrimination based on gender, age, religion, race or sexual orientation.
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By Linda Gerstel | January 24, 2019
2018 will be remembered as the year Jay-Z forced a media spotlight on the lack of diversity in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Jay-Z's complaint drives home the fact that meaningful change on this front depends on clients and their lawyers—the ultimate selectors, the purchasers of arbitration services.
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By Karen Sloan | January 24, 2019
In June, Proskauer will launch its first “Proskauer Prep” bootcamp, bringing 30 women who are about to start law school to the firm's New York office for a week of instruction on how to succeed in law school.
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By Meghan Tribe | January 23, 2019
The move adds to a growing list of law firms that are lengthening parental leave for lawyers—and extending benefits for staffers as well.
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By Karen Sloan | January 23, 2019
In a bid to establish early and deep ties with diverse law students, the firms have unveiled new programs intended to help women and minority students succeed academically and give them more control over their summer associate gigs.
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By Karen Sloan | January 22, 2019
The arm of the American Bar Association that oversees legal education is once again trying to strengthen its bar pass requirements for law schools. But diversity advocates are pushing back, just as they did in 2017 when they successfully defeated the same proposal.
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By New Jersey State Bar Association | January 21, 2019
Program looks at being a culturally competent lawyer
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By Bill Singer | January 18, 2019
OP-ED: In appreciation of New Jersey's proud history of recognizing the reality of modern families, I want to offer three areas where examination may be warranted.
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In Memoriam: Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer (1944-2024) We mourn the loss of our friend and former partner and Co-Chairman, Richard "Dick" K. DeScherer. Dick was a member of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP for more than 24 years. He was the consummate business lawyer, wonderful colleague and true friend. He joined the Bloomberg organization in 2012, a client for whom he had served as their principal legal advisor since their inception, and later was appointed as a member of their board. Dick's knowledge and experience were unparalleled, as evidenced by appointment to leadership and board positions at numerous well-respected organizations. He was deeply involved in civic and community engagements through his work with the S.L.E. (Lupus) Foundation, Lupus Research Institute, United Hospital Fund of New York, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, National Dance institute, and Baryshnikov Dance Foundation, among others. He received an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1970, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1966. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family, including his wife Jennie, son Christopher and wife Amanda, daughter Kate, and grandchildren Emmett, Serena, George, Emily and Madeline. We will remember Dick with the utmost respect, admiration and affection. His loss will be felt by his many friends and colleagues at Willkie, and by all those whose lives he touched.
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