Talent Development

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

Plain Language: Because it’s ALL About the Audience

Before you write an email to a client or create website marketing content, do you stop and consider the audience for your materials? Or do…

Janet Arrowood February 24, 2020

Nonprofit Clients at Kramer Levin & TrustLaw Legal Clinic Discuss Value of Legal Assistance

To commemorate last month’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel partnered with Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw to provide…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color February 12, 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

Key Future Insights from our Top Performing Articles for Lawyers of Color in 2019

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color celebrated it is first full year, since its launch in 2018, with a full range of content, comprising…

Natalie Runyon January 29, 2020

Key Future Insights from the Top Performing Talent Articles from 2019

Our Top 5 most read content involving Talent Development from 2019 tells an interesting story about new, holistic approaches to the development of legal industry…

Natalie Runyon January 23, 2020

SmithAmundsen Partner Gary Zhao Discusses Importance of Diverse Bar Associations for Career Advancement

Gary Zhao, Partner at SmithAmundsen, joined the Advisory Board of the Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color (NGL-ALC) initiative to help educate legal employers on how best to…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color January 23, 2020

She Breaks the Law: A Global Community of Diverse Women Driving Change within Legal

She Breaks the Law (SBTL) is a network of women professionals who are leading innovation and challenging the status quo in the legal world. Since…

Legal Executive Institute January 22, 2020

Key Future Insights from Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law’s Top Performing Articles from 2019

The best performing content from the Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law initiative from 2019 in terms of reader consumption were: The Real-World Implications of…

Natalie Runyon January 16, 2020

Trends in the Lateral Partner Recruiting Market

Given all the changes in the legal market, one might assume that the lateral partner market would also be caught up in some level of…

Toby Brown January 15, 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