Newly released figures on diversity in US law firms shows a slight improvement in ethnic diversity at major firms. The percentage of minority lawyers at top US rose from 12.4 percent in 2010 to 12.7 this year, according…
Eversheds has become the first law firm to sign up to a new voluntary gender reporting initiative launched by the UK Government. The ‘Think, Act, Report' initiative aims to…
Efforts to remedy the imbalance between male and female equity partners in the UK’s largest firms don’t seem to be making much progress, according to the annual ‘UK 200’ report released by The Lawyer. Since…
The Bombay High Court has elevated 15 lawyers to the status of senior counsel. None of the 15 are women, and the process has come under fire on this and other bases. One advocate said: “A lot of people feel that the…
Law firms in the UK will be required to publish diversity and social mobility statistics online under a plan recently approved by the Legal Services Board. The scheme, which is designed to "widen the pool of talented…
The number of partner promotions in the UK’s 50 largest firms rose by 38 per cent this year, according to a report in Legal Week. The 2011 promotions round saw 495 lawyers made up to partner, up from 358 the…
The New Zealand Law Society has released a publication that gives an interesting insight into the legal profession in the country. According to the published statistics, the majority of New Zealand law firms have between…
The Law Society in the UK has reported that there are 150,128 qualified to work in England and Wales. Those holding current practising certificates - which excludes retired lawyers and those no longer following a legal…
Macfarlanes has announced an increase in maternity pay, moving from 14 weeks allowance to 23.5 weeks leave at full salary. The new policy is part of a raft of measures designed to…
A new survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) indicates that things are getting even tougher for women in the top 200 law firms in the US. The survey reports that women constitute only 15 per…
Women graduates make up about 60% of the trainee intake at large London law firms, and have accounted for over half of the intake at these firms for over a decade. It's pretty shocking, then, that just 18% of these…
Founding Partner of AZB & Partners, Zia Mody has been announced as the recipient of the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence as the Businesswoman of the Year, 2010 The…
A New York federal judge has ordered two plaintiff firms serving as co-lead counsel in a securities class action to "make every effort" to assign at least one minority and one woman to the case. Manhattan US District…
Most large firms offer staff flex-time and part-time work, promising that associates will not derail their careers by taking up these options. The Careerist makes an attempt at determining whether that claim is true.…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is piloting a new mentoring scheme for senior female associates in an attempt to increase the number of female partners and address…