Diversity

Q&A with ClearSlide GC Olga Mack: “Women Serve on Boards” Tackles Gender Gap in Corporate Boardrooms

Olga V. Mack, General Counsel at ClearSlide, a San Francisco-based sales and marketing engagement startup, recently sat down with Thomson Reuters’ Transforming Women's Leadership in…

Transforming Womens Leadership August 10, 2016

Legal News Analysis: Surveys Show Women Lawyers Leaving Big Law for Smaller Firms and Varied Endeavours

They may be leaving Big Law, but women aren't leaving the law altogether. Instead, women are jumping to small and midsize firms or starting a…

Erin Arvedlund August 08, 2016

Q&A with LCLD’s Lori Lorenzo: Engage Leadership to Improve Diversity & Inclusion

The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) is an organization made up of more than 250 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners,…

Transforming Womens Leadership August 02, 2016

Podcast with NCWBA’s Katherine Brown: Enlisting “GOOD Guys” in the Institutionalization of Diversity and Inclusion

In a new podcast, part of the Thomson Reuters’ Spotlight Series, Natalie Runyon of the Transforming Women's Leadership in the Law initiative and Gregg Wirth…

Transforming Womens Leadership July 26, 2016

Women’s Advancement in the Law Is All About Business Development, Panel Says

CHICAGO — According to a recent article in The American Lawyer, it will be 2181 before gender parity is achieved among Big Law equity partnership…

Natalie Runyon July 25, 2016

Deloitte’s Predictability & Flexibility Initiative Pays Dividends in Work/Life Balance

Efforts at greater inclusiveness and diversity at law firms, corporate legal departments and other institutions seem to have a stronger impact when part of the…

Transforming Womens Leadership July 21, 2016

Podcast: Mentoring Programs Need Clarity and Support from Law Firm Leaders, Says R3 Group’s Pigott

In a new podcast, part of the Thomson Reuters’ Spotlight Series, Natalie Runyon of the Transforming Women's Leadership in the Law initiative and Gregg Wirth…

Transforming Womens Leadership July 07, 2016

To Promote Advancement, Let Women Lawyers Know Early About Partnership Expectations

  NEW YORK — On June 15, the Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law (TWLL) hosted its second roundtable dinner event in New York City. The roundtable…

Cortney DeBasio Greene June 30, 2016

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