Judicial diversity is important because our constitutional rights will not protect themselves. One hundred and forty-four. That is the number of current openings in the federal judiciary. This amounts to 16 percent of our federal judgeship’s. In the next few years, President Trump and the Republican Senate will fill those seats with lifetime appointments. And with…keep reading
In-house Coach|Fernando Garcia I recently attended the Hispanic National Bar Association’s 42nd Annual Convention which took place from Sept. 6 – Sept. 9 in Kansas City. This convention did not disappoint, as it was an incredible opportunity to network with law students, community representatives, government officials and legal professionals from the Hispanic and the diversity…keep reading
Former U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin recently published an opinion in the New York Times titled “Female Lawyers Can Talk, Too,” in which she criticized the gender imbalance of lead counsel appearing in courtrooms. Judge Scheindlin specifically discussed her 22-year experience on the bench observing male attorneys who assumed the speaking roles in court…keep reading
Conference equips students with the networks they’ll need for law school. Going to law school is generally a bad deal. The tuition far outstrips the earnings that the majority of law students can hope to secure, and even attorneys who land golden-ticket jobs burn out at such a rate to make one question the whole…keep reading
Irell & Manella LLP has elected Ellisen S. Turner as the firm’s managing partner. Turner, a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office who is the hiring chair and an executive committee member, is Irell’s first African-American managing partner. He will succeed Andrei Iancu who is completing his second three-year term, which is the maximum allowed tenure….keep reading