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Works in Progress: The Plans for Bringing People Back

Discrimination Against Working Mothers Must End

Fifty years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that denying women jobs on the basis of motherhood violated their civil rights, systemic bias still exists against working mothers, writes Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The...

Works in Progress: The Plans for Bringing People Back

Can GC Succession Planning Drive Diversity?

“Men are judged on potential and women are judged on performance. The same standards apply to underrepresented racial and ethnic GCs," said Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.

Allstate hit by death of key executive

“I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for our profession,” stated Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee, who had hoped to meet Ferguson in person after connecting with her via email.

Allstate Legal Chief Ferguson’s Death Mourned as Industry Loss

Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she recently connected over email with Ferguson and was hoping to meet her in person next week in Chicago. “I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for...

It’s time to make Ketanji Brown Jackson the first of many

What will it take to remove those barriers before she gets there? Here’s an excellent white paper prepared for the Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that digs deep into the pervasive array of biases...

Coke’s ‘Rigid’ Legal Diversity Drive Pushed Corporate Limits

Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee said she fears that Coca-Cola’s about-face will give some law department leaders worried about being too aggressive in promoting diversity cover to promote “watered-down” policies of their own. “It’s...

Allstate hit by death of key executive

“I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for our profession,” stated Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee, who had hoped to meet Ferguson in person after connecting with her via email.

Allstate Legal Chief Ferguson’s Death Mourned as Industry Loss

Jean Lee, president and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, said she recently connected over email with Ferguson and was hoping to meet her in person next week in Chicago. “I have the highest regard for Rhonda as a leader and it’s another huge loss for...

It’s time to make Ketanji Brown Jackson the first of many

What will it take to remove those barriers before she gets there? Here’s an excellent white paper prepared for the Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, that digs deep into the pervasive array of biases...

Coke’s ‘Rigid’ Legal Diversity Drive Pushed Corporate Limits

Minority Corporate Counsel Association president and CEO Jean Lee said she fears that Coca-Cola’s about-face will give some law department leaders worried about being too aggressive in promoting diversity cover to promote “watered-down” policies of their own. “It’s...

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