Future Lawyers Take to the Streets to Protest Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault at DLA Piper
Law students protesting outside DLA Piper’s Boston office today. Boston, MA — On Thursday, October 10, law students in three cities took to the streets to tell DLA Piper to stop subjecting its employees to forced arbitration. The firm continues to use these...
Working Mother’s “Best Law Firms for Women” Are Anything But
Yesterday, Working Mother released its twelfth annual list of the 60 Best Law Firms for Women. The list purports to recognize the U.S. law firms “that utilize best practices to recruit, retain, promote and develop women lawyers.” Working Mother praised firms including...
Survey Says: Law Firms Are Ditching Forced Arbitration (But Here’s How to Avoid the Ones That Aren’t)
The results of Harvard Law School’s 2019 survey on forced arbitration are in. If you’re a law student hoping to work for a law firm, here’s what you need to know. What is forced arbitration? Hidden in the fine print of many employment contracts, forced arbitration...
The Harvard Crimson: Harvard Law Students Push to Reform Law Firms’ Contracts for Incoming Associates
Connor W.K. Brown wrote for the Crimson: Students from Harvard Law School’s Pipeline Parity Project and other law students across the country continued their campaign this week against mandatory arbitration clauses — provisions of employment contracts that require...
Bloomberg Law: Law Students Put More Pressure on Big Law Over Arbitration
Melissa Heelan Stanzione wrote for Bloomberg Law: Law students concerned with the use of mandatory arbitration agreements in law firm employment contracts are taking action this week to pressure law firms into eliminating the practice. Hundreds of students have signed...
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