Katten announced today that partner Trisha Sircar was selected for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD)'s 2021 Fellows Program, which is designed to connect high-potential attorneys for a series of leadership and relationship-building sessions.
ABA report: Men scared to participate in women lawyers’ affinity groups (INFOGRAPHIC)
The work to achieve gender equity in the legal profession involves people of all genders, but getting men on board with such efforts can be a challenge.
In fact, most men are hesitant to participate in women lawyers’ affinity groups, according to a new report from the American Bar Association.
The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession partnered with attorneys and diverse bar associations to survey attorneys in New York, Dallas and San Francisco about men’s perceived barriers to engaging with women’s issues in the legal field and strategies to overcome those obstacles. The report, titled “Men in the Mix: How to Engage Men on Issues Related to Gender in the Legal Profession,” details findings from the focus groups.
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Judge with salty personality gets suspension partly for F-bombs, says word is common in his region
Judge F. William Cullins of Montgomery County, Kansas. Photo from the Kansas Judicial Branch.
A Kansas judge who dropped F-bombs and refused to “f- - -ing apologize” to one employee subjected to one of his outbursts has been suspended from the bench for “quite troubling” behavior.
The Kansas Supreme Court suspended Judge F. William Cullins of Montgomery County, Kansas, in a Feb. 26 opinion, report the Associated Press, the Wichita Eagle and the Legal Profession Blog.
The court concluded that a one-year suspension was appropriate but said some or all of the suspension could be stayed after 60 days if Cullins comes up with a plan for appropriate training and counseling.
The year 2020 was a big year for the legal industry. Virtual hearings and electronically witnessing documents, once considered difficult or impossible, are now the norm. No wonder legal tech companies have been reaping the rewards.
In October 2020, RBC Ventures bought Founded, an app that helps entrepreneurs with incorporation documents and legal agreements. The very same month, DoProcess, a popular real estate software provider based in Toronto, acquired NoticeConnect, a website where lawyers and trustees can post notices to creditors and others looking for wills. Two months later, the software giant Dye and Durham snapped up DoProcess for $530 million.
In many ways, 2020 ushered in a long-overdue tech revolution. The surge in legal tech acquisitions also illustrates how fast law firms, legal departments, and courts can shift. Alternative legal service providers, a catch-all term encompassing legal startups, established tech firms, innovative law firms and other niche organization