Personal Effectiveness

Navigating power dynamics amid disagreements in remote work environments

The pandemic has demonstrated that we are stronger when we have a community to draw on, and that co-opetition, a sort of cooperation among rivals,…

Thomson Reuters Institute February 09, 2021

CURIOUS MINDS: We want to provide clients with the opportunity to test-drive emerging technologies, says Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Allen & Overy’s Fuse

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 January 20, 2021

CURIOUS MINDS: “How can I make things better for students?” asks John Pierre, SULC Chancellor

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 December 21, 2020

From CLO to Interim CEO: Myers’ Horton made strategic career moves to reach top

Just four years into her legal career after law school, Andrean Horton set a goal to some day advance to a general counsel or related…

Natalie Runyon October 19, 2020

Positive outlook on remote on-boarding for incoming associates (and lateral hires)

In March as the pandemic began to change the way law firms approached many of their most basic functions, many firms were compelled to make…

Dr. Sharon Meit Abrahams October 06, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: Finding bravery & power to thrive during the pandemic

According to a survey among corporate women conducted for the book The Most Powerful You, author Kathy Caprino indicates that the top three power gaps…

Irene Liu September 30, 2020

Luminating Latina Lawyers: Service for the people, by the people

Zuri Balmakund Santiago, Assistant Attorney General at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, says the desire to have a voice at the table is what makes…

Natalie Runyon September 21, 2020

One man’s journey of reconciling anti-Blackness & bias as an LGBTQ individual to find true belonging

“I'm just trying to be the man God wants me to be and hold onto singing that way,” says Alex Bertrand in describing how he…

Outspoken: Advancing LGBTQ+ Professionals September 14, 2020

Black Lives Matter: Dismantling institutional racism in the UK

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, thousands of people marched in the streets around the world and many public statements supporting the…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color September 01, 2020

The power of networking for LGBTQ associates looking for a position in Big Law

As I mentioned previously, many of the biases against hiring LGBTQ associates in Big Law have fallen by the wayside in recent years. And thanks…

Ru Bhatt August 11, 2020

Luminating Latina Lawyers: Minding the representation gap

Latinx culture is quite well-known for being family oriented; and these community values impact the career decisions of many Latina lawyers, often conflicting with career…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color August 07, 2020

Mastering financial & business concepts as a Delta model lawyer

The Delta model lawyer demonstrates that success in the 21st century means that a lawyer’s legal intelligence, emotional intelligence, and business intelligence are almost equally…

Natalie Runyon July 07, 2020