In July of 2006, The National Association of Women Lawyers challenged law firms to double the number of women equity partners and for corporations to double the number of women chief legal officers by 2015.
The survey released today gives us a score – tells us where we are today, and it’s not a pretty
Can the American Bar Association possibly be correct? If so, then:
"Eighty-one percent of minority women quit private law firms within five years because they get shunted into dead-end jobs and aren’t welcomed the way other new employees are, according to an American Bar Association report."
This according to a news report today in the
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
Rajesh Setty of Life BEYOND CODE in his post "Ways to distinguish yourself #153 – Use humor right!" has some importanmt rules for the use of humor that we have long subscribed to in Edge. Check it out!
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Suzanne Lowe of The Expertise Marketplace Blog belongs to a group of which Superhero Trainer Adam Marx is a member. In her blog post today, "Become a real live Superhero!", Suzanne opines that "[Adam’s] points have tremendous relevance for the leadership of professional services marketing".
But my mind went to another topic –
Pop Quiz – What do these five law firms have in common?
Dierker & Associates, P.C. of Troy, MI Epstein, Turner & Song of Los Angeles, CA Gannon & Garcia, L.L.P. of San Antonio, TX Powers & Frost, L.L.P. of Houston, TX Rojas Law Firm LLP of Miami, FL
Hint #1: They are the newest
Freelance writer Sarah Doherty follows yesterday’s article “Flexible work schedules save money, research shows” about which I posted: (You Can’t Afford to Keep Losing Your Women Lawyers)with another offering: Room at the top – Big law firms are making an effort to promote women into more visible and prominent positions Here’s how the
Catalyst studies show an associate’s departure costs a [Canadian] firm about $315,000 in recruiting, training, salaries, overhead, severance, outplacement and other costs – not including hiring a replacement. The stress of juggling work and family usually falls more heavily on female lawyers… So what can law firms do to be more flexible in the face
The addicts referred to are identified in the title of a Reuter’s story today: Workaholics struggle to say ‘No’ to work Does this sound familiar:
WA [Workaholics Anonymous] identifies workaholics as people who often are perfectionists and worriers, derive their self esteem from work, keep overly busy, neglect their health, postpone vacations and overschedule their
Many have written about the New York Times article, Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?, but of it all I think you may want to see the Letter to the Editor by Bruce MacEwen of Adam Smith Esq. fame, refernced in his post: When The New York Times
Law.com published Firms Show Modest Growth in New Partners today without a mention of diversity – not even gender. In light of the recent New York Times article Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms I would have liked to see some information beyond mere numbers of new partners –
