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We’ve talked before about how law firms should prioritize disability inclusion. Ahead of National Disability Independence Day on July 26 — a federally recognized day to celebrate the 1990 signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) — we wanted to round up some of the best practices for creating inclusion for people with disabilities.

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How will your firm celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June? The history of the struggle for LGBTQ+ liberation is interwoven with the practice of law, and the greatest moments of progress throughout the past century have come as a result of advocacy both within and outside the legal system. Take a moment to revisit:

• The 1924 founding of the United States' first chartered organization dedicated to gay rights by WWI army veteran Henry Gerber, whose home in Chicago's Old Town...

This should not be a radical statement, but in many corners of the legal industry, it still is. It seems obvious that women and men should share responsibility for creating more inclusive workplaces. Yet most gender-inclusion programs still focus on how women should navigate the workplace differently to overcome obstacles they face due to sexism. Gender bias may be tougher to overcome in the legal profession than in other industries. The law firm model “views women as inherently...

DLA Piper recently raised eyebrows (and the blood pressure of any firm lawyers who are expecting a baby) by reducing the length of parental leave offered to "non-birthing" parents. In many cases, that means fathers. (It also means adoptive parents, foster parents and parents who welcome a baby through surrogacy.) It is rare to see a firm...

As we all now know, many law firms that embraced remote work during the pandemic and then made unsuccessful attempts to gently coax their employees back to in-person work are now instituting return-to-office (RTO) “mandates with teeth.”

Firm lawyers often find these mandates mystifying because...