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
Colleen McGarry Associate Fox Rothschild 1.What is your area of practice? I practice in general business litigation. One advantage of being in a large firm is that I have the opportunity to work on a variety of different matters. For example, on my desk right now are the usual suspects, a loan foreclosure, a…keep reading
Law360, New York (August 21, 2017, 8:04 PM EDT) — Frustrated by a lack of progress on diversity, some law firms are starting to take a more academic approach. Goodwin Procter LLP and Dickinson Wright PLLC are among a handful of firms that are turning to universities to study their workplace policies in action. By putting themselves under…keep reading