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Op-Ed: A year ago, we asked you to share tales from the pandemic. Here's what some of you told us © (Camily Tsai for The Times) (Camily Tsai for The Times) From last March to now, we’ve heard from dozens of people reaching out from quarantine. They wrote about life on the frontline and life interrupted, of lockdowns and shutdowns, masking and Zooming — and the pursuit of normality. Here’s what they told us, excerpted and updated. MARCH We should have been twirling around to Whitney Houston in a friend’s backyard in Phoenix, me looking like Paul Newman in a navy suit and her like Jo...

As our series of Dispatches from the Pandemic marks a year, we feature excerpts and updates from those who reached out during a year of COVID-19.

March 5, 2021 at 3:49 PM Shares199 (courtesy of AbbVie) In our recent conversation about Black History Month, my colleague Monique Burt Williams — CEO of Cadence Counsel, which focuses exclusively on the placement of in-house counsel — identified corporate legal departments that are leaders in advancing diversity. One company she highlighted was AbbVie, the Chicago-based, Fortune 100 biopharmaceutical company behind blockbuster drugs like Humira and Imbruvica. Under the leadership and vision of chief legal officer Laura Schumacher — who has led its legal department since AbbVie became i...

February 19, 2021 at 11:50 AM Shares2 An important question for law students and recently barred lawyers is whether or not to apply for a clerkship. My advice? It depends. Here are some questions you can answer to help you decide. If you’d like to discuss your specific circumstances and whether or not it makes sense for you to apply to or accept an offer to clerk, feel free to reach out to me or any of my Lateral Link colleagues. Abby Gordon Ed. note : This is the latest installment in a series of posts from Lateral Link’s team of expert contributors. This post is by Abby Gordon, Seni...

February 12, 2021 at 11:50 AM Shares2 President Joe Biden (public domain). The replacement of the Trump Administration by the Biden Administration will bring changes to countless areas of American life, including the legal sector. Here are a few practice areas that we at Lateral Link expect to heat up over the next few years. (Thanks to my colleague Gloria Sandrino, who previously shared her thoughts on this topic with Law360, for her help in putting this list together.) 1.  White-collar, investigations, and enforcement work. White-collar prosecutions fell to a record low under President...