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Law School Admission Council President and CEO Kellye Testy offers a succinct explanation for the recent increase in law school applications by people of color: “People who are...

Law firms who want to speak to their audience of peers and clients in intentional, thoughtful ways use a few tools to make sure their “voice” is consistent, and one of the most important is a style guide. A style guide collects all the decisions firm leaders have made over the years about language and punctuation conventions in a single place so that anyone writing on behalf of the firm can refer to them and ensure their communication is consistent with firm “style.” Your guide may...

The Yale Law Women published their 2020 survey of Top Firms for Gender Equity and Family Friendliness in what is likely the most tumultuous spring law firms have seen in a very long time. In addition to the many challenges women lawyers already faced in protecting and advancing their careers (outlined in detailed statistics and survey responses included in the report), it is now clear that Covid-19...

If there’s one thing we at Page 2 like to “well-actually” our friends in the legal industry about, it is the so-called pipeline problem. As any lawyer from an underrepresented group will tell you, the supposed lack of women and minority lawyers in the talent pool explains why, despite their “best efforts,” law firm leaders can’t seem to improve their dismal statistics on diversity. Every time they turn on the faucet, only white male lawyers come pouring out. Of course they wish it...