Women’s Leadership Interviews & White Papers

How one midsize law firm is innovating and driving change

Esther Bowers, director of Practice Management at Honigman, says that she’s focused much of her efforts during her legal career on advancing law firm interests…

Natalie Runyon December 10, 2020

Retention of women and lawyers of color is driven by seeing diversity among firm partners

Nicole Fanjul says she chose law as her profession after seeing a close family member engage with the legal system for the first time. “I…

Natalie Runyon November 09, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: Law firms need to adopt a 21st century mindset, says Salesforces’ Wei Chen

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 October 27, 2020

Transforming Women’s Leadership in the Law Global Report 2020: How to improve gender diversity at senior levels within law firms

This post was written by Lucy Leach & Lisa Hart Shepherd of Acritas Gender diversity in law firms positively impacts law firm success, research shows,…

Transforming Womens Leadership October 05, 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

In-House Counsel Q&A: “Partnerships are with lawyers, not law firms,” says Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion

Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law The Journal: Litigation (PLJ) recently spoke to Linda Lu, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at TransUnion, one of the…

Thomson Reuters Institute September 15, 2020

Exploring paths to leadership: Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair of Bennett Jones, illuminates her secrets of success

Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair and Managing Partner of the Toronto office at Bennett Jones, had career aspirations to make partner, but they never included firm…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 11, 2020

Leading with innovation: Introducing knowledge management into a regional law firm

Innovation can be a loaded word in the legal industry, but broken down simply, it really means just introducing new things or methods to improve…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 01, 2020

UPFRONT & PERSONAL: Recruiting individuals with a high EQ will give you a diverse team, says Seth Weissman, CLO of Marqeta

We continue our regular feature, Upfront & Personal, a column created by Rose Ors that brings “the person behind the title” to the forefront in interviews with…

Rose D. Ors August 24, 2020

CURIOUS MINDS: “How can we equip the next generation of lawyers with the tools they will need?”, asks Betsi Roach, CLOC’s executive director

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 August 19, 2020

Maximizing mentoring relationships, with Susan Berson, Partner at Mintz

Being a mentor has “taught me a lot about how to communicate with others, how to be empathetic, and how to put myself in their…

Transforming Womens Leadership August 13, 2020

Using Your Platform for Good: Unleashing leadership

In our ongoing blog series, Using Your Platform for Good, author Irene Liu, General Counsel of Checkr, expands on crucial topics of corporate and workplace culture. A few…

Irene Liu August 10, 2020