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“I Bought a £20 Suit From eBay”: How a Social Mobility Scheme Helped Launch a Paul Weiss Associate’s Career
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | January 17, 2025
The PRIME alliance, which has been working to improve access to, and socio-economic diversity within, the legal profession since 2017, has just welcomed it's first in-house members. One private equity associate at Paul Weiss shares how the network helped get him to where he is today.
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Norton Rose Sues South Africa Government Over 'Unreasonable' Ethnicity Score System
By Alfred Olufemi | January 10, 2025
The new regulation may cause large South African law firms to lose work to consulting firms and other professional services providers, who are not subject to the legal sector code.
1 minute read
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'I Was Getting Straight Nos From Absolutely Everyone': How a Tetraplegic Linklaters Lawyer Defied All Odds
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | December 4, 2024
After sustaining a severe spinal cord injury before he had even begun his career in law, Jasdeep Brar could have easily given up. Instead, through grit and resilience, he carried on.
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The Best Law Firms to Work For: The UK A-List, 2024
By Louis Altmann | December 3, 2024
Nearly 100 of the largest firms operating in the U.K. were ranked by their revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, racial diversity, gender diversity and associate satisfaction to create this year's A-List.
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UK Black History Month: Four A&O Shearman Staffers Honour Their Unsung Heroes
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 22, 2024
This year's theme, 'reclaiming narratives', seeks to recognize and correct historical inaccuracies in the representation of Black history and culture. Here, lawyers talk about the people who helped shape their lives.
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Slaughters, Browne Jacobson Lead UK Social Mobility Rankings
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 16, 2024
Law firms still dominate the Social Mobility Index; but the number of firms making the cut has dropped from 41 to 30.
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'But We Exist': The Stigma Around Disability and Neurodivergence in Law Firms Persists
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 14, 2024
Disabled and neurodivergent people remain wholly underrepresented in corporate law, as some disabilities go unacknowledged by law firms.
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The Best Law Firms for Disability Representation in UK, 2024
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | October 11, 2024
The figures also reveal how disability representation in corporate law continues to lag woefully behind the national average.
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'Risk of Losing Out on Great Talent': Data Shows Ethnic Diversity Continues to Lag at Major Law Firms
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | August 15, 2024
Levels of ethnic diversity continue to lag far behind the national average at city law firms, but has any progress been made?
7 minute read
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Origination Credit, Relationship Partner Succession May Be Mansfield Rule's Next Frontiers
By Dan Roe | August 14, 2024
With more than 365 law firms committing to the next Mansfield certification process, 110 firms are piloting parameters that target the keys to law firm leadership.
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Troutman Pepper, Claiming Ex-Associate's Firing Was Performance Related, Seeks Summary Judgment in Discrimination Suit
By Amanda O'Brien | February 3, 2025
Former associate Gita Sankano sued the firm in 2024 claiming that she was fired in retaliation for raising complaints about allegedly racist behavior by firm partners.
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Troutman Pepper Says Ex-Associate Who Alleged Racial Discrimination Lost Job Because of Failure to Improve
By Amanda O'Brien | February 3, 2025
Former associate Gita Sankano sued the firm in 2024 claiming that she was fired in retaliation for raising complaints about allegedly racist behavior by firm partners.
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'Reluctant to Trust'?: NY Courts Continue to Grapple With Complexities of Jury Diversity
By Brian Lee | January 31, 2025
Increasing jurors' compensation, creating a travel stipend, child care services, and relaxing limits on people who struggle with English were among suggestions to diversify jury pools in upstate New York. The ideas were discussed during the second forum on jury diversification by the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission.
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Diversity Lab Alters DEI-Centered Verbiage on Mansfield Certification Website
By Dan Roe | January 28, 2025
The requirements remain in place, Diversity Lab's founder and CEO said, amid other recent changes to the site's language on DEI.
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Big Law Aims to Make DEI Less Divisive in Trump's Second Term
By Dan Roe and Samson Amore | January 27, 2025
After an executive order signaled a crackdown on the very principle of DEI, law firms are considering ways to ensure that programs focused on inclusion don't come off as exclusionary to some.
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With DEI Rollbacks, Employment Attorneys See Potential for Targeting Corporate Commitment to Equality
By Charles Toutant | January 23, 2025
Companies that have scaled back their DEI initiatives should be prepared for those actions to be scrutinized if they are faced with a suit claiming that a firing or other action involving a particular employee was motivated by factors such as race, gender, religion or national origin.
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After DEI Rollbacks, Employment Lawyers See Potential For Targeting Corporate Commitment to Equality
By Charles Toutant | January 23, 2025
"I also think discovery concerning the existence of, or removal of, such policies is fair game because they can be indicative of the corporate culture of the employer,” plaintiffs side employment lawyer, Laura Mattiacci of Console Mattiacci Law in Moorestown, New Jersey, said.
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With DEI Rollbacks, Employment Lawyers See Potential For Targeting Corporate Commitment to Equality
By Charles Toutant | January 23, 2025
Companies that have scaled back their DEI initiatives should be prepared for those actions to be scrutinized if they are faced with a suit claiming that a firing or other action involving a particular employee was motivated by factors such as race, gender, religion or national origin.
1 minute read
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John Deere Annual Meeting Offers Peek Into DEI Strife That Looms for Companies Nationwide
By Chris O'Malley | January 22, 2025
"There is no reason to believe companies are genuinely eliminating DEI—they are just going to hide it better," said Paul Chesser of the National Legal and Policy Center, a nonprofit opposing corporate diversity programs.
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How a Paul Weiss Associate’s Career Took Off With Help From a Social Mobility Alliance
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | January 17, 2025
"I still remember arriving in London wearing my 20 quid suit," says private equity associate Arun Sohan-Pall, who launched his career with help from The PRIME alliance.
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