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News and expert analysis on diversity
By Varsha Patel | August 15, 2022
"Disability is at the bottom of the profession's agenda compared to other protected characteristics", said Travers Smith associate Kaleem Khan.
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By Varsha Patel | July 27, 2022
Law.com International research shows for the first time the firms with the highest proportion of disabled lawyers.
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By Amy Guthrie | July 25, 2022
Although more than half of Brazil's 210 million inhabitants self-identify as Black, there are very few Afro-Brazilian lawyers at the country's largest law firms.
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By Christopher Niesche | July 13, 2022
Firms are emphasizing art shows and theatre performances, which are more likely to appeal to a diverse client base.
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By Christopher Niesche | July 1, 2022
The Law Society also said the profession is becoming more diverse.
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By Paul Hodkinson | July 1, 2022
Elite lawyers are working in half-empty 'state-of-the-art' offices, with poor diversity stats and wildly high salaries, writes the London Lawyer.
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By Varsha Patel | June 29, 2022
'Firms need to figure out how you're going to keep [Black lawyers] around and how you're going to create an environment where they can actually succeed', said one Black lawyer who left a large international firm.
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By Kirsten Fulton-Flemming, Addleshaw Goddard | June 29, 2022
'It's not enough to simply be a silent supporter of LGBTQ+ rights', says Kirsten Fulton-Flemming.
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By Paul Hodkinson | June 26, 2022
The longest-standing legal institutions only remain relevant if they continue to adapt, writes the Global Lawyer. It is a message that holds true for elite commercial law firms the world over.
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By Gail J. Cohen | June 22, 2022
The country is one of the most progressive in the world, but the legal industry had not hosted a LGBTQ conference until this month.
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By Dan Roe | December 5, 2023
One in five U.S. workers identifies as having a disability, but lawyers currently self-identify at a rate of 1.4%, per Diversity Lab.
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By Everett Catts | December 4, 2023
The Atlanta law firm participated in a series of events devoted to pride and the film industry.
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By Emily Cousins | December 1, 2023
The plaintiff--who worked in Connecticut as well remotely in his California home office--claimed he was discriminated against due to his race and national origin and exposed to a hostile work environment.
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By Amanda O'Brien | December 1, 2023
Labor and employment attorney Amy Snyder and commercial litigator Frank Emmerich are succeeding Marc Stein at the helm of the Philadelphia office, the firm's second largest.
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By Matt Brown | The Associated Press | December 1, 2023
A record number of Black attorneys general, seven in total, are serving today. Two Black attorneys, Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, have servedg as U.S. attorney general. And the vice president, Kamala Harris, was the first Black woman elected attorney general.
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By Yusuf Z. Zakir | November 30, 2023
Right now, compassion is lacking. Rather, pain, trauma, and fear are the primary drivers—internally and externally. When those are the drivers, we are in fight-or-flight mode. This causes us to put up walls and prevent productive discourse.
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By Maria Dinzeo | November 29, 2023
"Mansfield was built with the lens of inclusivity. There are no quotas or set-asides, and it's not exclusionary. There's nothing that makes Mansfield unlawful and it's really low risk because these are just generally good talent practices," Diversity Lab CEO Caren Ulrich Stacy said.
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By Lisa Willis | November 28, 2023
"It is very evident that lawyers are less comfortable trying cases," said Judge Jennifer Bailey on reflection upon retirement.
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By Chris O'Malley | November 28, 2023
"I was very fortunate to be surrounded by people who took the broad view of what lawyers can mean to society," Frazier said.
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By Shelley Smith | November 22, 2023
The legal industry must press ahead aggressively to achieve better representation in business for all demographic groups.
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