Compiled for the LCLD Board of Directors every Wednesday, this digest is designed to brief you on the latest headlines about LCLD Members and organizations, as well as thought-provoking articles on diversity in the legal profession, talent development, mentoring, and leadership. Past issues of the Digest are also archived on the LCLD web site.
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1. WATCH: LCLD President Gives Keynote at CPR Institute Annual Meeting
Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, 3/10/18
“Diversity has to become a pillar, an essential element of the contract, if we’re going to succeed; if it continues to be a collateral benefit or an addendum…then it will never be institutionalized,” said LCLD President Robert Grey in an address to the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution.
2. For Women and Minorities to Get Ahead, Managers Must Assign Work Fairly
Harvard Business Review, 3/5/18
Studies show that women and people of color do significantly more “office housework”—organizing events or handling work that is not linked to revenue or business goals—and have less access to “glamour work”—which garners attention from leadership and provides new opportunities for growth—than white men do.
3. Eversheds Sutherland Sets Female Partnership Goals
The American Lawyer International, 3/9/18
LCLD Member firm Eversheds Sutherland wants women to make up 30 percent of partnership ranks outside the U.S. by 2021, up from 26 percent. The firm is also launching a new development program that provides female associates with one-on-one coaching.
4. Uber Executive Calls on White Men to Help Diversify Their Workplaces
CNN, 3/13/18
“It’s not up to one company—it’s up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward,” says Bozoma Saint John, Chief Brand Officer at Uber.
5. Scripps GC Cynthia Gibson on Giving Clients What They Need
The American Lawyer, 3/13/18
“As a senior woman growing up in my law firm, I felt a sense of personal responsibility to support the younger women in the firm. I’ve carried that with me throughout my career,” says Cynthia Gibson, LCLD Member and General Counsel of Scripps Networks, on advancing women lawyers.
6. Rethinking Work-Life Balance for Women of Color
Slate, 3/5/18
“When looking at paid leave programs, we have to think about how they’re structured and how that will affect women of color. When they offer a percentage of what the person already earned while she is on leave, that percentage will always be lower for women of color,” writes author Kimberly Seals Allers.
7. Want to Improve Law Firm Diversity? Hire Upstream
The National Law Journal, 3/8/18
The Colorado Pledge to Diversity aims to fill experience gaps for diverse law students who are disproportionately affected by the culture of unpaid internships.
