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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Dechert Partner Vernon Francis:Firms Must Act To Offset Diversity Setbacks

Posted on March 30, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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Commentary from The Legal Intelligencer: Earlier this month, The Legal Intelligencer affiliate The American Lawyerreported on a development that was as disheartening as it was expected. Citing its own yearly surveys of National Law Journal 250 firms, the … Read More

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Roxanne E. Covington Elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

Posted on March 12, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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Roxanne Covington was recently sworn in as a judge in Philadelphia: Roxanne E. Covington is making great strides in Philadelphia, Pa. as a newly elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas. She took the … Read More

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All You Need To Know About Law Firm Diversity

Posted on March 5, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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The American Lawyer released its Diversity Scorecard 2010 issue this week.  Reading it, we were reminded of that quote often attributed to Malcolm X:  When White America catches a cold, Black America catches pneumonia. Full … Read More

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Minority Law Firms: Show Me The Money

Posted on March 5, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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$30 Million pledged to Minority- and Women-Owned Firms: Prudential and about a dozen other companies, including DuPont and Microsoft, pledged Thursday to spend $30 million in 2010 on minority- and women-owned law firms. In-house lawyers … Read More

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Minorities Losing Ground in BigLaw

Posted on March 4, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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This seems to be a last hired, first fired scenario: Deferred start dates for first-year associates at many firms may help explain what became of some of the missing minority attorneys. Because our survey asked … Read More

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AG Holder Gives Annual Race Speech

Posted on March 3, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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Due to “Snowmageddon” this year Black History Month came in March at the Justice Department.  Mr. Holder gave a shout out to the Spingarn Senior High School JROTC Color Guard and Howard University Gospel Choir … Read More

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Law School Rankings > Law School Diversity

Posted on March 2, 2010 by OBABL Staff
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U.S. News & World Report is catching it from all sides in the legal community.  They are being slammed for trying to rank law firms and accused of contributing to the decrease in minority law … Read More

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