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The Legal Lady With A Law Firm Diversity Initiative Based On Holding Law Firm Fees Back

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A recent interview by Bloomberg Law with HP Inc. Chief Legal Officer Kim Rivera, one of the first corporates to demand diversity from outside counsel, indicated that a demand for diversity from law firms would lead to a positive response from firms. HP had made a promise to withhold fees for outside law firms that […]

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3 Strategies Lawyers Are Using Successfully to Prosper With Remote Working Conditions

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Jen Dezso* Remote working has proven to be largely a success — at least from the perspective of lawyer wellbeing. The impact of remote working on lawyer wellbeing explains why nearly 80 per cent of stand-out lawyers say they want the ability to work from home at least one day a week even after the

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DLA Piper ranked among best law firms for women by Working Mother for ninth year

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September 8, 2020 – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that it has once again been named one of the best law firms for women by Working Mother. For the ninth year, DLA Piper was recognized for its success in hiring, retaining and promoting women; its commitment to providing flexible work arrangements; and its initiatives that enhance the

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What Makes A Great Managing Partner in a Law Firm?*

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*According to a leading legal journalist who has gossiped and drunk with many Drinking with managing partners can be a challenging pursuit, even for a legal editor like Alex Novarese of Legal Business. But it does help provide some interesting and perhaps more honest appraisal of where the legal industry is going after the upheavals

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Law Firm Management Strategy: Leading UK Law Firm Offers Expansion or Exit Route For Legal Firms

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O’Neill Patient Solicitors to offer expansion help or an exit route to other legal firms One of the UK’s leading conveyancing solicitors, O’Neill Patient LLP (ONP) is prepared to provide help or an exit route to other legal firms.  Following its purchase of South East based Cavendish Legal Group, which completed in June, it has

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Forget the Slow, Step Change for Law Firms – How the Pandemic Is Pushing Law Firms 3 Years Into The Future

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The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown has changed the way we all live, but for law firms it has also served to accelerate many three years into the future, according one consultant. Firms are being forced to make ‘next-generation’ changes that will give them a competitive edge, says UK Crowe business advisory partner Ross Prince. Law

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Law Firm Management – Why The Pandemic Should Be Creating More Diverse Law Firms – Not Fewer

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Debra Pickett* The tremendous economic uncertainty emerging in the wake of COVID-19 is forcing law firm leaders to contend with challenges they’ve never faced before. People are scared, and for good reason. Given the enormous financial pressure firms feel, it’s understandable that leaders may opt to push diversity and inclusion efforts to the back burner

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Masking Up: How Are Law Firms Handling Coronavirus?

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Tanking stock markets, masked citizens across the globe, self- or imposed- isolation moves and more . . but how are law firms handling the global coronavirus? Most firms are taking steps involving the postponement or cancellation of events and deferring or cancelling international travel as the virus spreads across the globe. Orricks for instanced also

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The Staggering Crisis of Mental Health Issues Among Lawyers . . And One Firm’s Digital Step To Help

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The law profession’s ‘record’ of mental health issues is worse than any other profession by a staggering margin. A recent American Bar Association Survey showed that lawyers – in the US at least and the figures in similar Western jurisdictions are unlikely to be much different – are 3.6 times more likely to experience a

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