From Medium authored by Emily Turner: “Woman’s Hour had an interesting debate this week on how women leaders can get the best out of people. One panelist argued that women leaders should be charming and make tea sometimes to oil the wheels. Another disagreed and said it was artificially authentic and they should use direct […]
Category Archives: Employment
We Recorded VCs’ Conversations and Analyzed How Differently They Talk About Female Entrepreneurs
From Harvard Business Review authored by Malin Malmstrom, Jeaneth Johansson, and Joakim Wincent: “These personas highlight a few key differences in how the entrepreneurs were perceived depending on their gender. Men were characterized as having entrepreneurial potential, while the entrepreneurial potential for women was diminished. Many of the young men and women were described as being […]
What Makes a Mentor?
The website, The Girl’s Guide to Law School®, is (unsurprisingly) a great resource for women who are in law school. But also, I find that they often address issues that are relevant to law school graduates as well. This story (authored by a law student, following her interview – on the topic of mentoring – with two […]
Ms. JD Chats: A How to Guide for Summer Associate Success with Grover Cleveland
SAVE THE DATE, students! I hope some of you will find this opportunity helpful as you prep for your summer associate work. Special thanks to Ms. JD for their work in curating and providing these kinds of opportunities to hear from folks to encourage and inspire you. Also, special thanks to Mr. Grover E. Cleveland […]
Women Plaintiffs Lawyers Fight to End MDL ‘Boys Club’
GA-Curated for you from the National Law Journal, Authored by Meredith Hobbs: “Alvare analyzed 145 cases with 102 male judges and 43 female judges making appointments—and found that men were five times more likely than women to be appointed to a lead counsel spot, regardless of the gender of the judge. The subject matter of […]
Facebook Pushes Outside Law Firms to Become More Diverse
GA-Curated for you from the New York Times, Authored by: Ellen Rosen. “Facebook is requiring that women and ethnic minorities account for at least 33 percent of law firm teams working on its matters. Numbers alone, however, are not enough, under a policy that went in effect on Saturday. Law firms must also show that […]
Diving Back In: 4 Tips for Restarting a Legal Career
Whether you are a law student about to venture out into a law career for the first time, a not-recent graduate of law school seeking to enter the field of law for the first time, or seeking to return to the practice of law after some time away – this article gives a brief, but substantive, […]
Guess which state has the worst quality of life for women?
Stop being a women-aren’t-being-treated-equally denier. No one wins. The only way we can improve things, for EVERYONE, is by starting with accepting reality. Even sucky reality. Sincerely, Your loving Admin….who happens to be living squarely in the center of the state with the WORST quality of life for women From Daily Mail.com, By CARLY STERN: “The […]
MILITARY SPOUSE ATTORNEY LICENSING BECOMES MICHIGAN LAW
As a former so-called “Army Brat” I know at least a little about what it means to be a non-military member of a military member’s family. Thankfully, as a kiddo in the 70’s, I WAS the kiddo in my military family. My mom’s experience, as military spouse, was not as fun nor marked with as much […]
