by Dorothy Proudfoot | Jul 18, 2019 | News & Events
The Women Lawyers of Alameda County Nominating Committee is developing the slate for the 2020 Board of Directors. Anyone who has been a voting member of the organization for at least one year is eligible to hold office. Deadline: August 15, 2019.
by Leslie Levy | Jun 25, 2019 | News & Events
Are you a target on Twitter? The Amnesty International Troll Patrol project revealed the scale and nature of online abuse faced by women. And it is frightening but not surprising. It was a joint effort by human rights researchers, technical experts and thousands of...
by Leslie Levy | May 2, 2019 | News & Events
A Federal Judge, in response to a suit filed by the National Women’s Law Center among others, revived an Obama-era rule that requires larger companies (over 100 employees) to report workers’ pay data broken down by gender and race, This means that Big Law will...
by Leslie Levy | May 2, 2019 | News & Events
This is a publication of the NY State Bar Assn that followed a study of women’s status in the law. While its conclusion about the continued existence of inequality is not surprising, the study is interesting and contains suggestions for change....
by Leslie Levy | Apr 24, 2019 | News & Events
The Houston Bar Association’s Gender Fairness Committee wants law firms and in-house legal departments to do more to improve gender equality. More than 60 law firms have signed on to a commitment to increase the number of women partners and firm leaders by next...
by Leslie Levy | Apr 22, 2019 | News & Events, Standard Posts
A record number of women have been appointed law dean this semester. The number of women occupying the dean suites has been on the rise for years, but this year’s new batch of leaders is particularly diverse in both gender and race.
