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How Law Firms Can Move Beyond Diversity Plan Hype
December 20, 2016
By Caren Ulrich Stacy — Originally published by Law.com and The American Lawyer, December 6, 2016 — Law firms and companies never miss an opportunity to issue a press release about their newest and glossiest plan designed to boost diversity and inclusion. A quick search on Google reveals more than three dozen of these announcements
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Solving the Multimillion-Dollar C Player Problem
May 26, 2016
By Caren Ulrich Stacy & Jeanne Picht — Originally published in the ABA Law Practice Magazine, May 2013 — Law firms have a very expensive talent Problem: C Players. These are the associates who lack judgment, write poorly, miss critical issues, or don’t take ownership. Partners write off their time and eventually stop giving them work altogether. Because
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Gender Diversity in Law Firms – A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action
September 22, 2014
By Caren Ulrich Stacy – The lack of women lawyers in the upper ranks at law firms has been a problem for decades, and it’s only getting worse. Although there is typically a 50/50 gender split at the entry-level, only 16% of partners are women. And, to further exacerbate the pipeline issue, this year marks the fourth
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The First-Ever Collaborative Legal Talent Blog
July 30, 2014
By Caren Ulrich Stacy – We have a void in the legal talent space. There are plenty of amazing experts and best practices, but no one place to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and contemplate innovative approaches related to lawyer hiring, development, advancement, diversity, and other talent management topics. That is, until now. More than 20 legal
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