PPP In the News
Yale Daily News: Law students protest forced arbitration
Samuel Turner wrote for Yale Daily News: Last March, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in the Epic Systems Corp v. Lewis case that it is legal for employers to require workers to sign away rights to file class-action lawsuits against employers. In a 2018 piece for HuffPost,...
The Pipeline Parity Project Turns One!
This week, the Pipeline Parity Project turned one year old! One year ago, on April 6, 2018, we had our first meeting in a tiny conference room at Harvard Law School. One year and many meetings, conference calls, and Google Docs later, we have officially outgrown that...
Law 360: McDermott Latest Firm To Ditch Mandatory Arbitration Policy
Emma Cueto wrote for Law360: Among the most notable opponents of mandatory arbitration policies are the American Bar Association, which officially took a position against such agreements in August, and student organizers at Harvard Law School, who founded the Pipeline...
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...
Law.com: Big Law Is Targeted—In Person—By Law Students Opposing Mandatory Arbitration
Karen Sloan wrote for Law.com: The law students behind a national effort to end mandatory arbitration at law firms stepped up their efforts Tuesday, handing out leaflets outside the offices of Venable and DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., and Boston. Read more at...
Law360: Harvard Group Ups Pressure To End BigLaw Forced Arbitration
Chris Villani of Law360 writes: A group of Harvard law students that has launched a year-long campaign to end so-called coercive contracts in the legal industry said Tuesday it is escalating the pressure by sending teams to hand out fliers outside DLA Piper’s Boston...
Above the Law: Law School Students Are Taking To The Street Over Biglaw Firms With Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Kathryn Rubino wrote for Above the Law: If legal industry insiders thought they could just wait out the uproar overmandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment at Biglaw firms, well, they may have misjudged the situation. A group of Harvard Law...
The Harvard Crimson: 38 Harvard Law School Student Groups Sign Letter Supporting Clerkship Hiring Program
Connor W. K. Brown wrote for The Crimson: “It is no surprise that since 2005, 85% of Supreme Court clerks have been non-Hispanic white… and only a third have been women,” the open letter reads. “As clerkship application timelines have become front-loaded, students who...
NLJ: #DumpVenable Campaign Launched by Harvard Law Student Group
Karen Sloan wrote for NLJ: The Pipeline Parity Project, as the student organization is called, on Monday through its #DumpVenable campaign called for classmates and law students across the country to boycott interviewing for summer associate positions at Venable in an...
Above The Law: Another Biglaw Firm Targeted By Harvard Law School Students Over Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Kathryn Rubino wrote for ATL: This morning, Pipeline Parity Project (PPP) launched #DumpVenable. In response to a survey sent on behalf of T14 law schools, Venable said the incoming summer associate class would not have to sign mandatory arbitration agreements....
BoingBoing: Google Walkout meets #MeToo in a new anti-arbitration campaign
Cory Doctorow writes for BoingBoing: When outraged googlers walked off the job last year to protest the company's practice of secretly paying off serial sexual assaulters and harassers, while denying employees the right to sue over harassment through arbitration...