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Last Entry: December 01, 2008 at 13:21:09

Are you getting the assignments you want?

Posted on January 16, 2008
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has a short Q&A with the author of “Ending the Gauntlet: Removing Barriers to Women?s Success in the Law,” Lauren Stiller Rikleen. In her research, she found some gender differences: Q. Are there institutional impediments to the retention and advancement of women lawyers, and, if so, how can they be overcome? A...

Have you ever cried at work?

Posted on January 14, 2008
In this Boston.com article, women weigh in on Hillary Clinton’s “moment” before the New Hampshire primary. The women that the author of the article interviewed were sympathetic to the uncharacteristic showing of vulnerability that the candidate expressed and which commentators have said may have gained her some votes...

Using Business Intelligence In Law Firm To Track Diversity

Posted on January 11, 2008
There’s a new article on CIO’s website titled “How a Global Law Firm Used Business Intelligence to Fix Customer Billing Woes” that features how the global law firm Bryan Cave is using their billing data to track projects as part of their diversity efforts...

Are you a pretty lawyer?

Posted on January 09, 2008
A lot of legal news-watching blogs this week are discussing a story in The Economist which talks about research in the correlation between beauty and intelligence and financial success. The part of the article that has everyone’s keyboards clicking is this: …Dr [Daniel] Hamermesh looked at the careers of members of a particular (though discreetly anonymous) [...

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Does gender matter in the judiciary and in negotiations?

Posted on January 07, 2008
In a follow up to my earlier post, I found this article in which the author quotes some reactions from male lawyers and a female lawyer about how female judges are now being trained in the UAE. The men stress that females are simply different in a way that would not allow them to be [...

Female Judges In UAE

Posted on January 07, 2008
The United Arabs Emirates is currently training female judges according to several online articles: here, here and here. I can’t seem to find more details that that, but news of this sort certain merits more coverage!

Female-only Law Schools?

Posted on January 03, 2008
Korea is going to create some new law schools according to an article in The Korea Times. The author states that there are three all female universities (Sookmyung Women’s University, Ewha Womans University and Sungshin Women’s University) which are interested in establishing a law program...

Vacation

Posted on December 21, 2007
Today is my last day at work before I start my much needed vacation. I’ll be back in the new year! Happy holidays!

Looking back on our careers

Posted on December 20, 2007
Here’s a Law Times article reporting on two women’s accomplishments and the paths they took to get to their prestigious positions today. Yola Grant and Sharon McIvor spoke on the theme ?What Can Feminists Do with the Law?” at the University of Windsor...

Talking and listening to female lawyers

Posted on December 13, 2007
New Law.com article today about what law firms are doing or not doing for their female lawyers. At the end of the day, it comes down to the lawyers themselves. Don’t just asked to be treated right, demand it. And if they don’t walk the talk, you should walk to greener pastures...

Civility Among Lawyers

Posted on December 12, 2007
A judge ordered court supervision for a lawyer, Thomas B. Decea of Danzig Fishman & Decea, over the course of the remaining depositions in a case after the lawyer exhibited “objectionable conduct” towards a female opposing counsel, Ms...

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