Diversity

Q&A with Diversity Lab’s Caren Stacy: Creating a “Returnship” to Bring Women Back into the Legal Profession

By any metric, Caren Ulrich Stacy is an innovator. She co-founded Lawyer Metrics, which helps law firms better understand the value of data analytics, and…

Transforming Womens Leadership June 08, 2016

GapJumpers: Using Blind Auditions to Eliminate Bias in Recruitment & Promotions in Legal

GapJumpers is a hiring website, but one with a unique twist — blind auditions — that is helping erase gender and minority biases that too…

Natalie Runyon May 19, 2016

Legal Community Collaboration: The Key to Opening Business Development Pathways for Women (Part 2)

Earlier this month, in-house counsel and law firm lawyers gathered to discuss how to work together to promote women’s advancement in the law — as…

Transforming Womens Leadership May 18, 2016

5 Ways to Build a Strong Framework for a Diverse & Inclusive Workplace

Whether you’re just starting to build a framework for a more diverse and inclusive work force, or trying to bring new energy and relevance to…

Michelle Wimes May 17, 2016

Legal Community Collaboration: The Key to Open Business Development Pathways for Women (Part 1)

Legal clients increasingly are seeking to have a say not just on how their matters are staffed, but also who gets the credit for their…

Transforming Womens Leadership May 11, 2016

Moving Women Lawyers Forward: Education, Experience & Bias

Why are women lawyers not succeeding in the legal profession in proportion to the number of women graduating from law school? By this time —…

Kimberly Johnson May 05, 2016

Eliminating Gender Biases in Your Legal Organization’s Performance Evaluations

Most leaders in the legal profession would agree with Katherine Phillips of Columbia University Business School, when she said: “[s]ocially diverse groups… are more innovative…

Andrea S. Kramer & Alton B. Harris April 28, 2016

Women In-House Lawyers in Canada Still Paid Less than Male Peers, Survey Shows

The results of a recent compensation survey of Canadian in-house lawyers indicate that on average, female in-house counsel are earning 15% less than their male…

Jennifer Brown April 27, 2016

One Innovative Method for Tackling Gender Biases

  Everyone thinks they are fair and objective, but the reality is that everyone has biases. As humans, we are biased without knowing when we…

Natalie Runyon April 20, 2016

An Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight: Using Diversity as a Differentiator

As firms compete for business in the "New Normal" business climate, the good news is that 64% of law firms participating in the 2016 Thomson…

Carol Frohlinger March 24, 2016

Six Ways Organizations Can Remove Structural Barriers to Enable Women’s Advancement

NEW YORK -- Barriers to advancement for women in the legal profession are a tangible and serious problem for the industry as well as for…

Natalie Runyon March 16, 2016

The On-Going Fight for Greater Diversity and Inclusion Takes Center Stage at Women’s Leadership Forum

NEW YORK -- The battle for gender diversity, especially for members of the legal profession, has entered a crucial new phase, according to members of…

Gregg Wirth March 09, 2016