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Reclaiming the Narrative: The Truth About DEI

"Diverse workplaces have stronger governance, better resilience, and more effective problem-solving abilities," writes Danielle Carr, president of the Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Law Firms Have Abandoned Their Underrepresented Junior Attorneys

Why the positive demographic changes in partner and leadership ranks, but not in junior attorney ranks? The answer is deceptively simple.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Business Case for DEI Is Still Strong, Experts Say, but Many Companies Approach Topic Clumsily

"A lot of times, those mentoring, sponsorship and leadership development programs are done in these kinds of ad hoc ways that actually benefit people who are already already in privileged positions," UC Davis law professor Afra Afsharipour said.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Resources Are a Huge Issue': Law Firms Struggle to Fully Back DEI Goals

A former Am Law 200 diversity leader's recent suit against her old firm is a reminder that pursuing diversity is often easier said than done.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Armstrong Teasdale Ex-DEI Leader Sues Firm Over Discrimination, Systematized Racism

Sonji Young, the first VP for diversity, equity and inclusion at the Am Law 200 firm, claims that leadership impeded her efforts to push forward various diversity initiatives.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Amid Sluggish Growth and 'Significant Leaks' in the Pipeline, Top Firms Invest in Women Associates and Partners Alike

This year's data, from 247 firms, showed a strengthening correlation between those that had higher percentages of women associates and firms with higher percentages of women equity partners.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

The 2024 Diversity Scorecard: Women's Scorecard

There are 247 firms ranked by their Women in Law score. The Nos. 1, 2 and 3 firms maintain their standing, though there was some reordering beyond that point.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Recover, Reflect, Retool and Retry': Lessons From Women Atop Pa. Legal Community

The top jurists on the three statewide appellate courts joined the president judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a U.S. congresswoman at the Philadelphia Bar Association's quarterly meeting.
3 minute read

Law.com

Second Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Biden Administration's New Title IX Rules

U.S. District Chief Judge Danny C. Reeves of the Eastern District of Kentucky issued the 93-page opinion Monday in the matter of State of Tennessee v. Cardona, holding that the department redefining "sex" to include gender identity wreaks havoc on Title IX and produces results that Congress could not have intended.
5 minute read

The Recorder

'You Start Lower, You Stay Lower': Apple Hit With Class Action for Gender Bias

Women employees represented by Altshuler Berzon and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, alleged gender-based pay discrimination, biases against women in its performance evaluation system, and maintaining a hostile work environment.
4 minute read

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