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Reed Smith boosts diversity agenda with billable-hours credit scheme 29 January 2021 Diversity and gender-related activities to count towards 50 hours of billable work Shutterstock Reed Smith is encouraging its lawyers to carry out diversity and gender-related work by rewarding them with 50 hours of credit towards their billable time targets. The incentive scheme allows fee-earners and other timekeepers to spend time working on activities that fall under the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Women Initiative Network and Racial Equity Action Plan (REAP) programmes. Sandy Thomas, Reed ...

January 29, 2021 at 11:56 AM Shares0 Biglaw firms are finally starting to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to diversity and inclusion. At least two firms — Dorsey & Whitney in 2019 and Hogan Lovells in 2021 — have announced that approved diversity and inclusion-related work will be billable for attorneys and will count toward bonus thresholds. Now, another leading law firm has stepped forward to announce that all timekeepers, not just lawyers, will be able to receive billable-hours credit for their diversity work. The firm is the first to offer a program like this. Reed...

Panel To Review Board of Higher Education Applicants Dale Wetzel, Guest Writer BISMARCK -- North Dakota School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said the state Board of Higher Education’s member nominating committee will meet to consider seven applicants for two seats on the board. The positions are now held by Dr. Casey Ryan, a Grand Forks physician, and Kathleen Neset, a Tioga petroleum geologist and industry consultant. Their terms end June 30. Ryan, who was appointed to the board in July 2017, is eligible for a second four-year term and has applied to be considered. Neset joined the board...

Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental and international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events. Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and international circuits, waiting for their shot at the bright lights and big stage of the UFC, and those veterans looking for one more chance at stardom. It all begins ...

By Jemma Slingo2021-01-06T15:42:00+00:00 Partner promotions at  international firms Reed Smith and Norton Rose Fulbright have remained high this year, with 17 London lawyers receiving the nod. Some 31 associates and counsel at Reed Smith have advanced to partner worldwide, up from 30 last year. Of these, nine are based in the UK and 42% are women. Just three London lawyers were promoted in 2020. No partners were appointed in continental Europe, however, with the lion’s share of promotions going to lawyers in the US. Casey Ryan, Reed Smith’s global head of legal personnel and a member o...