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In the spirit of Frank Costanza’s Festivus “Airing of Grievances,” we’ve got something to say about recent commentary published on law.com about “difficult” partners. In “Don’t (Necessarily) Avoid That...

Are you a manager or a leader? According to the conventional binary embraced by businesses (and business consultants), leaders are visionary empaths who don’t sweat the small stuff, while managers myopically prize the status quo and micromanage everyone to death.

Unsurprisingly, few people would aspire to become a manager under this definition. (And, incidentally, some of them might notice how the manager’s traits are freighted...

Every now and then, we at Page 2 encounter a kindred spirit in the legal world who shares our vision for a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable approach to building legal careers and practices. And when we do, we want to shout her name from the rooftops.

Irene Liu—former general counsel of

For years, many law firms have featured a statement on their website pledging commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. And the intensifying racial justice movement last summer seems to have prompted the remaining holdouts to abandon illusions of neutrality and post some version a statement like this: “Our firm is committed to recruiting, developing, retaining and promoting lawyers from diverse backgrounds.”

DEI statements have always been an important tool for building...

Many law firms responded to racial justice demonstrations this past summer with public support and a renewed commitment to improving diversity and inclusion in their workplaces. Some signaled this support by placing “Black Lives Matter” banners or updated racial justice statements on their home page. While these are welcome steps toward greater inclusion, law firms may inadvertently have undermined their message of inclusivity by placing it on a website that people with some kinds of...