Archived Issue
March/April 2005
Cover Story: Vault’s Top 25 Law Firms for Women
Learn more about Vault Inc., which publishes career guides consisting of carefully researched insider information on more than 3,000 companies and 70 industries, and how they conducted a comprehensive study to select the top law firms for women attorneys. What’s special about this study is that participants were not allowed to rate their own firm. Read about the firms that made the list and the responses from hundreds of your colleagues, who rated these firms.
Features
Columns
Call to Action: Vault’s Top 25 Law Firms for Women
By Kathleen Dreessen
What are the top law firms for women attorneys? Which firms offer the best environment for female practitioners? Generally, these lists are compiled by tracking specific figures: weeks of paid…
Women Chief Litigation Officers and Managing Counsel: Taming Litigation Budgets
By Elisabeth Frater, Esq.
In recent years, companies nationwide have seen the number of lawsuits and the costs associated with litigation skyrocket. So it should come as no surprise that in house legal departments…
Lesbian Lawyers: Survival in the Workplace
By D'Arcy Kemnitz
Recently, Linda, a lesbian lawyer with excellent academic credentials, joined a medium sized corporate law firm. Linda believed her personal life should remain private, and, therefore, she did not come…
The New Affinity Groups: Making a Difference in the Workplace and Community
By Carisa Chappell
Once considered a social outlet, affinity groups in the legal arena are moving beyond their value to employees who share a common bond. Now, many firms and corporations have begun…
Creating a ‘Fusion Workplace’
By Cari M. Dominguez
Chefs across America compete for our taste buds by using innovation in the kitchen. Among the nation's trendiest restaurants, the hottest rage going right now is fusion cuisine, or using…
Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Tool for Diversity
By John L. Woods
Conflict has become a growth industry. From global issues to complex business transactions, daily examples abound to show that whenever two or more humans interact, conflict is bound to follow….
Retail Giants Set the Standards for Diversity
By Donna Dick
Step onto the floors of any major retailer. Both behind the counter and in the aisles are people of many races, transcending age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and physical ability….
D&B Brief
By Heather Bradley , By Miriam Bamberger Grogan
Taking Risks as a Career Strategy Miriam Bamberger, CPCC, and Heather Bradley, CPCC, are the co-founders of The Flourishing Company, which helps emerging professionals sharpen their leadership skills to generate…
White Men and Diversity
By Bill Proudman
Examining and Understanding American White Male Culture This is the second of six articles that will discuss how white men can more fully participate in the diversity process. These articles…
Mentoring Across Differences
By Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr.
James Johnson: An Advocate for Mentoring James C. Johnson, vice president, corporate secretary, and assistant general counsel at The Boeing Company, has been a witness to the effects that good…
Departments
Spotlighting
By Tom Calarco
Eduardo Angeles: A Voice for the Voiceless Eduardo Angeles was seven years old when he first stepped off a plane from the Philippines onto American soil. Today, as the managing…
Diversity News
By MCCA
GM’S General Counsel Chris Johnson Named African American Executive of the Year E. Christopher Johnson, Jr., General Motors North America vice president and general counsel, was awarded the 2005 "Urban…
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