From Business Insider authored by Mark Joseph Stern: “Throughout Tuesday’s oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Justice Anthony Kennedy and the Supreme Court’s left-leaning justices grilled Wisconsin’s attorneys with tough questions that suggest a majority of the court is prepared to impose constitutional limits on political redistricting. The highlight of the hour came when Justice Sonia Sotomayor posed […]
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High Anxiety As First Student Loan Forgiveness Program ‘Graduates’ Await Relief This October
From Forbes authored by Diane Hembree: “For debt-ridden Americans in federal student loan forgiveness programs, October is a month of hope and trepidation. The first wave of college graduates who were accepted into the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program 10 years ago and made their payments faithfully each month are eagerly waiting to find out […]
Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves
From The New York Times authored by Kerry Hannon: “An ocean separates Chupi Sweetman-Durney, who lives in Dublin, and Lea Giovanniello of Vienna, Va., and they have never met. Yet their workplace experiences and career paths — at a time when women still struggle with both — are a testament to what’s possible. Here are […]
Finally, More Women Are Asking for Raises. But There’s a Catch
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Michelle Ma: “Women don’t get raises, the conventional wisdom goes, because they simply don’t ask.A new study conducted by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. casts doubt on that assumption. Women are in fact negotiating for raises and promotions just as much as their male counterparts and, at the senior […]
7 Things To Do (And Not Do) Before Giving Notice
From Above the Law authored by Richard Cohen: “Thinking of quitting? Of moving on to greener pastures? Good for you – you deserve it! Thinking of grabbing a folder of sample documents, walking out the door, and giving the finger to the boss and all of your miserable co-workers? Not such a good idea. In […]
How Design Taught Me to Be a ‘Human-Centered’ Lawyer
From Medium authored by Rochael Soper Adranly: “Not long after I began working with IDEO, I had the privilege of taking part in IDEO’s project to design how its new internal legal group would operate. For those unfamiliar with IDEO’s process, each project begins with a “looking in” phase in which the design team interviews project stakeholders […]
Why the Best Attorneys Are So Hard on Themselves and Others
From BCG Attorney Search authored by Harrison Barnes: The first job I ever had was as an asphalt contractor in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Grosse Pointe is an area of about 25,000 people that is socially stratified between middle class and very wealthy people. The city is built along the shores of Lake St. Claire. The […]
We’re sending our daughters into a workplace designed for our dads
From LinkedIn authored by Melinda Gates: “In January 1949, Fortune magazine advertised a survey of its readership. The ad announced: “We have just completed a statistical portrait of men, like yourself, who are readers of Fortune.” It was accompanied by three illustrations showing a businessman sitting at progressively nicer desks. The nameplate on the first reads “Office Manager.” […]
15 Things All Badass, Fearless Alpha-Women Do Differently from Other Types of Women
From iRelease : “Laurel Thatcher Ulrich once said that “Well-behaved women seldom make history,” and those words have been printed on paper and typed onto the internet millions of time ever since. Although it’s easy to take the phrase to mean mostly whatever you want, in truth, these words are meant to celebrate women who make […]
How a woman’s appearance affects her career
From CNN Money authored by Julia Carpenter: “While many women lighten their hair, replace glasses with contact lenses and wear high heel shoes to make themselves look more attractive in the workplace, Silicon Valley CEO Eileen Carey did just the opposite. She told the BBC she grabbed glasses and dyed her naturally blonde hair darker, all to […]
