Leadership & Retention

Growing Trend in Law Firm Talent Development: Hiring Full Time Coaches & How It Helps Retain Diverse Lawyers

Full-time coaches are a growing trend at law firms, and Diane Costigan, Director of Coaching and Well-being at Winston & Strawn, estimates that around 30…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color March 20, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: How to Create a Culture of Feedback

A few years ago, Google conducted a study analyzing what makes a team thrive. The study was called Project Aristotle based on the Aristotle quote,…

Irene Liu March 17, 2020

New White Paper: 9 Steps on Giving Constructive Feedback Across Differences

A July 2018 study of 234 organizations conduct by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations and the Institute for Corporate Productivity, “shows that the key to…

Natalie Runyon February 25, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: A Conversation with Checkr’s GC Irene Liu

In a new blog series, Using Your Platform for Good, Irene Liu, General Counsel of Checkr, expands on crucial topics of corporate culture, such as…

Natalie Runyon February 20, 2020

Why Inclusion Matters: A Story About the Different Experiences Between White and Black Attorneys

Do the work experiences of White and Black legal professionals differ greatly from one another? Sharon Meit Abrahams, Director of Professional Development and Diversity &…

Natalie Runyon February 06, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: The 2020s Will Be the “Age of the Chief Legal Officer,” Says ACC’s Veta T. Richardson

We continue our monthly column, “Curious Minds”, created by Rose Ors to tap into the minds of legal innovators, disrupters, and out-of-the-box thinkers to learn…

Rose D. Ors February 03, 2020

Scaling Feedback to Fuel Growth: Betsy Miller & Tory Nugent of Cohen Milstein, (Part 2)

We continue our conversation with Betsy Miller and Tory Nugent, co-chairs of the Public Client practice at Cohen Milstein, about how they use feedback to…

Legal Executive Institute January 14, 2020

Using the Coaching Mindset to Drive Growth: Betsy Miller & Tory Nugent of Cohen Milstein (Part 1)

When Betsy Miller and Tory Nugent were appointed co-chairs of the Public Client practice at Cohen Milstein in 2017, their approach to cultivating talent and…

Legal Executive Institute January 07, 2020

New Podcast: Black BigLaw Pipeline — How One Group of Black Attorneys are Advancing Diversity

Law firms are hiring more people of color but are less successful at retaining them, according to the recent Vault Diversity Survey. More than 22%…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color December 16, 2019

Travers Smith Case Study: Committing to BAME Inclusion & Examining the Role of White Privilege

Kathleen Russ, Senior Partner at the U.K.-based law firm Travers Smith, declared when she stepped into that role that increasing the representation of BAME (Black,…

Natalie Runyon December 09, 2019

Clayton Utz Case Study: How One Firm Increased Representation Among Women Partners by 67% in Five Years

Kate Jordan, Deputy Chief Executive Partner for People and Development at Clayton Utz — one of Australia's leading law firms — sat down with Jackie…

Natalie Runyon November 13, 2019

Moving Lawyer Well-Being to the Bottom Line

According to an article from earlier this year, between 21% and 36% of practice lawyers are problem drinkers. Further, 28% suffer from depression; 19% struggle…

Natalie Runyon November 06, 2019