Diversity

Thomson Reuters’ OutLaw Event: A Dialogue on LGBTQ Representation in the Legal Industry

The last few years have seen unprecedented progress around lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) rights with reverberations throughout many corporate workplaces, including those…

Gregg Wirth October 18, 2016

See Full Video: TWLL’s TED-Style Talk Shares 3 Views on Transforming Women’s Leadership

NEW YORK — A recent program demonstrated how women’s leadership can be transformed through public service, the future impact of technologies such as blockchain, and…

Transforming Womens Leadership October 17, 2016

Women on the West Coast Strive for Business Development Opportunities within a Network of Women

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES — The importance of business development opportunities for women lawyers and how male mentors can have a tremendous impact on…

Eileen P. Kelly October 12, 2016

Q&A with Quarles & Brady Chair Kimberly Johnson: Clients Pushing Law Firms for More Diversity

Three years ago, Kimberly Leach Johnson was elected chair of Quarles & Brady, becoming the first female chair in the firm’s 120-plus-year history. She also…

Transforming Womens Leadership October 11, 2016

The 10th-Year Drop-off: Women’s Leadership Roundtable Discusses Better Retention Policies

ORLANDO, Fla. — How best law firms can retain the most talented women in the legal profession came into sharp focus at a recent Roundtable…

Ranae Simonson October 04, 2016

Asia Roundtable Breakfast: Attendees Note Similarities in Approach to Diversity & Barriers to Women’s Advancement Despite Different Culture

HONG KONG — Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) has seen such success with its series of Roundtable Dinners — events that brought women…

Cynthia Claytor September 30, 2016

Welcome to “Gaveling the Glass Ceiling”, a Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law monthly newsletter

On behalf of Susan Taylor Martin, the president of Thomson Reuters’ Legal business, and all of us here from Thomson Reuters, I’m thrilled to share…

Charlotte Rushton September 29, 2016

Q&A with MCCA President Jean Lee: Working to Improve the Pipeline of Diverse Candidates

On March 14, Jean Lee became the new president of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the first Asian-American to serve in this position. Previously,…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 21, 2016

TWLL Board Allows Collaboration for Change, Says Paul, Weiss’ Valerie Radwaner

Valerie Radwaner, Deputy Chair and Corporate Partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, spoke to the Legal Executive Institute about why she joined the Advisory Board…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 20, 2016

TWLL Roundtable Dinner: Mandate Inclusion Hours for Everyone like that of Pro Bono Hours, Women Advise

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mandating the number of hours everyone — from managing partner to practice heads to associates in law firms — need to spend…

Natalie Runyon September 20, 2016

Legal News Analysis: Gender Discrimination in Pay Leads to Headaches for Big Law

Show me the money. That's what female attorneys at law firms are saying in so many words, having filed three major suits against their employers…

Erin Arvedlund September 15, 2016

Wal-Mart’s Alan Bryan on How Men Can — and Should — Be Champions of Women in Legal

In July, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) presented its 2016 "Lead by Example Award" for a leading male attorney in a law firm,…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 14, 2016