Women’s Leadership Blog Posts

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

How allyship paves the way for overcoming women’s self-censorship

The successful road that took Kamala Harris to the title of Vice President of the United States has demonstrated that women from all backgrounds —…

Rangita de Silva de Alwis January 13, 2021

D&I Case Study: How Drew Eckl & Farnham increased diversity at senior levels

At U.S. law firms, the representation of lawyers from an underrepresented groups within the partnership ranks has stagnated for years, increasing less than 5% for…

Natalie Runyon December 16, 2020

Law firms have made modest progress in readiness assessment of succession planning in 2020

Many law firms are finding themselves in a succession planning crunch. Some partners are backing away from long-standing succession plans because their retirement is not…

Natalie Runyon November 24, 2020

How to normalize work-family policies usage within workplace culture

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg kept a photo hanging in her judicial chambers that showed her son gazing at his newborn baby.…

Rangita de Silva de Alwis October 27, 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

ON LEADERSHIP: “A strong culture of respect is foundational to our firm,” says KYL’s Esther Cho

We continue our bi-monthly column, On Leadership, created by Rose Ors for Thomson Reuters. Each installment will feature conversations with law firm CEOs or Managing Partners…

Rose D. Ors 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

Latinx Heritage Month: Examining Latinx identity & future success in education

“Until your board room looks like your mail room, you have not achieved diversity.” — Louis R. Hernandez, Partner at Kirkland & Ellis The Latinx…

Next Gen Leadership: Advancing Lawyers of Color September 28, 2020

How to redefine leadership through the allyship lens

There is a paradox in the concept of allyship in Corporate America and the legal industry, and it underscores the importance of exploring next generation…

Rangita de Silva de Alwis September 23, 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

Gen Z allyship research insights: Institutional allyship as a partial fix for sexual harassment

This research update was written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, the Associate Dean of International Affairs at Penn Law, who leads the research on transformative leadership…

Transforming Womens Leadership August 03, 2020