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A big part of our job is helping lawyers prepare to speak to legal media reporters about important trends in the industry. Sometimes those stories involve sensitive information that the reporters want and lawyers don’t want to give, or that lawyers are willing to speak cautiously about as long as their name isn’t printed in the story. The “rules of attribution” — the code journalists follow to tell readers where information in a news story comes from — allows sources to protect...

We often hear from legal marketers who are frustrated with the quality of their law firm social media content. While they are charged with writing posts for LinkedIn and Twitter, they often do not have access to the raw material they need — information about client wins, events, awards, articles published by attorneys and more — to create content that is timely and engaging.

Fortunately, this is a straightforward process issue, and one possible solution is using some version of...

We’re recognizing the remarkable life and legacy of Pauli Murray in honor of Black History Month. Though often overlooked, Murray’s significant contributions to gender rights and civil rights in the United States helped challenge the legal foundations of discrimination.

Murray was an influential civil rights lawyer,...

Journalist and activist Mary Ann Shadd Cary may not be a household name today, but her work made a significant impact on our country. In celebration of Black History Month, join us in learning more about this groundbreaking abolitionist and suffragist.

Shadd Cary’s accomplishments were recently highlighted in an obituary...

Modern law firms know that fostering a culture of inclusion is key to retaining top talent, especially lawyers from underrepresented groups. In recent years, many firms have made changes to areas like recruiting, mentoring and professional development programming to increase the sense of belonging for all members of the firm. These are good first steps.

But true inclusion requires an assessment of all aspects of the...