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Steven T. Taylor, Not all Firms Actually Offer Associates Trial Experience, but those that do are Rewarded, 22 Of Counsel 1 (2003)
Steven T. Taylor, The Profession Still Grew Over the Past Two Years, but Not nearly by as Much, 21 Of Counsel 2 (2002)
Ross Todd, The Going Rate: Firms Around the Country are Now Paying their First-Years Anywhere from $115,000 to $145,000, 28 American Lawyer 28 (2006)
Ross Todd, Everybody's Doing it - Lawyers Compensation, 13 Corporate Counsel 24 (2006)
Stephanie Francis Ward, Punching the Clock: Firms Crack Down on Start Times, but is it a "Generational" Thing? 93 ABA Journal 30 (2007)
Benjamin Wittes, A Nation Under Lawyers
How the Crisis in the Legal Profession is Transforming American Society, 17 American Lawyer 50 (1995)
Ann Woolner, Profitarians at the Gate: In Today's Zeitgeist, Change is Currency, but the Legal Profession is Exercising Astonishing Restraint, 21 American Lawyer 43 (1999)
Elizabeth Amon, Not all Black and White - African American Lawyers Entering Legal Profession, 26 American Lawyer (2004)
Emily Barker, Trickle-Up Theory: Firms are Adding Color to their Partnership Ranks - but Not Quickly. Real Diversity is Going to Take a While, 29 American Lawyer 87 (2007)
Attila Berry, Diversity Danger: Could Law Firms be Sued for Employment Discrimination if they use Racial Preferences in Hiring? 14 Corporate Counsel 20 (2007)
Michael Bobelian, Fixing the Holes: The Pipeline that Delivers Minority Students to Law School is Leaking. Can Law Firms Help Plug the Gaps? 28 American Lawyer 69 (2006)
Denali K. Dasgupta, Ready to Rumble: Big-Firm Life Wasn't for them, so Three Young Attorneys Set Out to Counsel Minority-Owned Businesses, 27 American Lawyer 26 (2005)
Lani Guinier, The Pigment Perplex: The Complexity of Race Reveals the Inefficacy of Conventional Admissions Criteria and Demonstrates the Vital Importance of Diversity, 24 American Lawyer 61 (2002)
Alan Jenkins, Losing the Race - Law Firm having Difficulty Retaining Black Attorney, 23 American Lawyer 90 (2001)
Molly McDonough, Demanding Diversity: Corporate Pressure is Changing the Racial Mix at some Law Firms, 91 ABA Journal 52 (2005)
Jason McLure, A Whiter Shade of Pale, 14 Corporate Counsel 67 (2007)
Jill Nawrocki, Follow the Leader: DuPont Lawyers are on a Mission; they Want their Outside Counsel to Look Like them - and Work Like them, Too, 13 Corporate Counsel 68 (2006)
D. M. Osborne, Diversity of Views: Surveys of More than 10,000 Midlevel and Summer Associates at the Nation's Top Firms Highlight Differences among Hispanic, Asian American, and Black Lawyers, 28 American Lawyer 63 (2006)
Laura Pearlman, The Pepsi Challenge - Hiring Minority Attorneys, 9 Corporate Counsel 14 (2002)
Elisabeth Preis & Catherine Aman, More of a Mosaic - Surge in Number of Minority Corporate General Counsels, 8 Corporate Counsel 18 (2001)
Jill Schachner Chanen, Early Exits: Women of Color at Large Law Firms Tell ABA Researchers they are being Overlooked and Undervalued - Maybe that's Why they are Leaving in Droves, 92 ABA Journal 32 (2006)
Vivia Chen, Equity Inequality: Women are Making some Headway, but Equity Partnership is Still a Man's World, 28 American Lawyer 26 (2006)
Kristin Choo, The Right Equation; Despite Increasing Numbers of Female Lawyers, Gender Equality may Not be Guaranteed in the Future, 87 ABA Journal 58 (2001)
Mark Hansen, Worst of both Worlds: Women of Color in the Legal Profession Face Double Whammy of Discrimination, 92 ABA Journal 62 (2006)
Jessica Jones, A Woman's Place: Female Directors are Scarce, but a New Program Hopes to Boost their Numbers, 14 Corporate Counsel 26 (2007)
Aruna Viswanatha, Gender Gap: In a New Study, Women Lawyers Say their Firms Still Don't do enough to Help them make Partner, 28 American Lawyer 20 (2006)
Vivia Chen, Gibson's Rainbow: Belated Steps Toward Diversity, 29 American Lawyer 20 (2007)
Vivia Chen, Rainbow Revolution: Despite the Lawsuit Against Sullivan & Cromwell, These are the Best of Times to be a Gay Lawyer, 29 American Lawyer 15 (2007)
Matt Fleischer, Gold at the End of the Rainbow? - Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Law Practice Group, 23 American Lawyer 24 (2001)
Slow Rise to the Top: Despite Formal Efforts to Recruit and Retain Minority Lawyers, Large Firms Continue to be Overwhelmingly White, a New Study Finds, 26 American Lawyer 103 (2004)
Low Priority - Law Firms' Ethnic Diversity Survey, 11 Corporate Counsel 40 (2004)
Diverse Problems - Minority and Women Lawyers in the US Department of Justice, 10 Corporate Counsel (2003)
Thomas Adcock & Brian Zabcik, Major Scrutiny on Minority Hiring, 12 Corporate Counsel 30 (2005)
Tatiana Boncompagni, The Value of Diversity: Can a Firm Get its Partners to Pay More Attention to Diversity by Bringing Up the Subject at Compensation Time? 23 American Lawyer 55 (2001)
Tom Calarco, Michelle V. Bryan, a US Airways Champion for Diversity, 9SS Corporate Counsel 40 (2002)
Terry Carter, Diversity and Surprises: Departing President Archer Saw Minorities Advance, Handled Unexpected Issues, 90 ABA Journal 72 (2004)
Terry Carter, Coming Out of Her Shell: This Oil Company's General Counsel Spoke Out and Became a Champion of Diversity, 90 ABA Journal 31 (2004)
Alex Chae, Won't You be My Mentor? Commitment to Firm Diversity Goes Beyond Recruitment, 170 New Jersey Law Journal 26 (2002)
Hope E. Ferguson, Diversity Efforts Provide Competitive Edge at Philip Morris Companies Inc., 8SS Corporate Counsel 56 (2001)
Valerie Fontaine, Progress Report: Women and People of Color in Legal Education and the Legal Profession, 6 Hastings Women's Law Journal 27 (1995)
Elisabeth Frater, MCCA's Diversity Conferences: Turning Good Intentions into Great Results, 9SS Corporate Counsel 24 (2002)
Jeffrey Ghannam, Making Diversity Work - Law Firms' Hiring Strategies in this Area, 87 ABA Journal 58 (2001)
John Gibeaut, Finders and Keepers; Firms Seeking Diversity must Engage in Effective Retention Efforts, 87 ABA Journal 97 (2001)
Elizabeth Goldberg, Solid Start: Mintz, Levin Makes Progress on the Diversity Front, 29 American Lawyer 24 (2007)
Michael S. Greco, Profession's True Colors: We must Encourage a More Diverse Group of Young People to Pursue Careers in Law, 9 ABA Journal 26 (2006).
Robert J. Grey Jr., Raising the Tempo: Diversity is Central to our Progress as a Nation and a Profession, 90 ABA Journal 10 (2004)
Marvin E. Johnson & La Rue, Homer C; Creating Access to Enhance Diversity in ADR, 12 Corporate Counsel A4 (2005)
Nathan Koppel, Courting Shell; the 27 Winners of the Oil Giant's Beauty Contest have One Thing in Common: The Firms can show - through Hiring and Billable Hours - how Serious they are about Diversity, 11 Corporate Counsel 106 (2004)
Lisa Lerer, Fire when Ready - More Business to Firms with a Good Diversity Record, 11 Corporate Counsel 26 (2004)
Tamara Loomis, Hunton's Change of Heart: How an Old-Line Southern Law Firm Learned to Embrace Diversity, 28 American Lawyer 85 (2006)
Tamara Loomis, Full Disclosure: Do the Partners Who Work for Us have Equity? DuPont Wants to Know, 27 American Lawyer 29 (2005)
Karen J. Mathis, We Serve a Diverse Profession: 20 Years of ABA Initiatives Promote Full and Equal Participation in the Law, 9 ABA Journal 34 (2007)
Molly McDonogh, A Long March: Report Says the Legal Profession's Efforts to Achieve Diversity Still are at a Crawl, 91 ABA Journal 59 (2005)
Alea J. Mitchell & Jami Deise, Spotlighting MCCA's 2002 Award Winners - Distinguished Diversity Efforts, 9 Corporate Counsel SS9 (2002)
Scott Mitchell, Creating Pathways to Diversity -- MCCA's Research Marks a Trail, 9 Corporate Counsel SS30 (2002)
Scott Mitchell, Not just a Regular Guy - White Males and Affirmative Action, 8 Corporate Counsel S12 (2001)
Charles Morgan, Walking the Talk: To Law Firms, Charles Morgan is the GC from Hell. It's Not enough that they do Good Work; He also Wants them to Hire More Women and Minorities, 9 Corporate Counsel 43 (2002)
Laura Pearlman, Driving Diversity: General Motors has been Steering its Law Department Toward Greater Diversity for More than a Decade; but Even at the World's Biggest Carmaker, Progress Comes Slowly, 6 Corporate Counsel 34 (1999)
James Podgers, Breakthrough Presidency: Diversity Issues are at the Forefront of Dennis Archer's Priorities as ABA Leader, 89 ABA Journal 81 (2003)
James Podgers, The Right Thing to do;' Award Winners Emphasize Individuals' Efforts to Achieve Diversity, 87 ABA Journal 92 (2001)
James Podgers, Losing Numbers; Poor Retention Bogs Down Law Firms' Diversity Efforts, 86 ABA Journal 90 (2000)
James Podgers, A Name with Meaning; New Commission Title Reflects Stronger Emphasis on Achieving Diversity, 86 ABA Journal 98 (2000)
Heather Smith, Hue and Cry: Firms have Begun to Respond to Wal-Mart's Urgent Call for Diversity Action, 27 American Lawyer 18 (2005)
Rhonda Davis Smith & Donna Dick, Using Your Bar Association to Climb to the Top - Law Firms and Affirmative Action, 8 Corporate Counsel S16 (2001)
Jeanna Steele, State and Local Bar Associations: Promoting Diversity, 8 Corporate Counsel S6 (2001)
Robert A. Stein, Leaving on a High Note: Over the Past 12 Years, the ABA has Grown in Membership, Diversity and Relevance, 92 ABA Journal 68 (2006)
Margaret Graham Tebo, Fighting Stereotypes: ABA Group Urges Employers to Include Lawyers with Disabilities in Diversity Efforts, 92 ABA Journal 62 (2006)
Kate DuBose Tomassi, Not a Minor Move: Mintz Levin is Betting on its Diversity Practice, 27 American Lawyer 29 (2005)
Aruna Viswanatha, Pass, Or Fail: Accenture Will Drop Law Firms that Don't make the Grade on its Diversity Exam, 14 Corporate Counsel 20 (2007)
Aruna Viswanatha, Walking the Walk: Accenture Measures its Firms' Diversity Efforts, 28 American Lawyer 23 (2006)
Brian Zabcik, Movin' on Up? It's Not Impossible to Become a Partner in New York - as Long as You are White, Male, and Heterosexual, 27 American Lawyer 33 (2005)
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