A new documentary charts the history and future of women lawyers. The signs are everywhere — from the Biglaw lawsuits, the law school lawsuits, to the horror stories too many women are able to tell and every woman who has ever practiced law knows it is true — the legal profession still suffers from gender discrimination. While the solutions to the issues…keep reading
Which firm got hit with a lawsuit now? Steptoe & Johnson has now joined the ranks of Chadbourne & Parke, Proskauer Rose, LeClairRyan, and Sedgwick as a defendant in a gender discrimination lawsuit. The suit against Steptoe, filed yesterday in a Los Angeles federal court by Ji-In Lee Houck, a former contract attorney and associate…keep reading
Within some business circles, she is known as the “Bulldog Ballerina” — graceful, strong, and persevering. Trying to make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go.” — Queen Latifah Last month, Avery Blank and Scott Westfahl co-authored the NALParticle titled, “Leverage the Strengths of Millennials: Finding Common Ground…keep reading
A meaningful discussion of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession needs to go beyond the empty buzzwords. We recently had an opportunity to talk to a handful of our law firm’s clients about what diversity and inclusion really means—to them in their own company’s culture and to them as buyers of legal services. Law…keep reading
Remember that Cheerios commercial from a few years ago? It starred a black dad, a white mom, and their biracial daughter. You might have heard about it, and the reactions to it. Many Americans were indifferent, some Americans were disgusted, and me? I was ecstatic. At that ad, and so many other ads, from State…keep reading