In honor of Women’s History Month, we are reflecting on progress toward gender equality and greater social justice by telling the stories of trailblazing female lawyers. That includes lawyers from past decades who opened doors, as well as lawyers practicing today. Share
Female Lawyers Who Broke Barriers
Does “On Background” Mean What You Think?
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...
This Template Might Solve Your Social Media Woes
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...
Honoring Pauli Murray
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,...