Legal analytics can now identify law firms committed to gender diversity by analyzing the gender of attorney appearances. Docket Alarm has done so for the United States Supreme Court and specialized patent courts. The lack of gender diversity is significant, especially in patent cases. Here we highlight firms breaking the mold. More women are entering…keep reading
Valparaiso University‘s incoming class of freshman, graduate and transfer students was told to embrace the challenges ahead of them on a campus that will support them along the way. Mark Heckler, the university’s president, and Hussein Shahine, president of the student body, talked about the things that set the university apart and bring the…keep reading
Forty-four major law firms and 55 corporate legal departments are teaming up to boost diversity in the legal profession by drawing on two inspirational figures: the late Dan Rooney, beloved owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Arabella Mansfield, a 19th century women’s rights activist who became the first American woman admitted into the legal profession in 1869. The ‘Mansfield…keep reading
Taking a page from the National Football League’s head coach-hiring playbook is how one law firm increased the diversity in its labor and employment associate-attorney ranks from 34 percent to an impressive 58 percent in just one year. What can a national law firm learn from the National Football League about diversity hiring? More than…keep reading
Many assume that most workplaces are meritocracies where effort is rewarded by advancement and success. But as companies in the United States strive to accommodate greater racial and ethnic diversity, this premise has proved questionable for women and non-white men. Broadly-designed efforts to incorporate black workers into positions where they are underrepresented, particularly in professional…keep reading