The 2021 AJEI Summit opened with a warm tribute to Lady Justice in all her forms: the work of the suffragettes, a recognition of the growing number of lawyers and judges who are women, an award dedicated to the legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
Yale Law Women has named the top 2021 law firms for gender equity, inclusion and family-friendly practices in a number of categories, including the best law firm for a COVID-19 response and the best law firm for racial justice contributions.
In honor of RBG s birthday, Northwestern releases video with songs about the late justice
Patrice Michaels (left) and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang during the filming of the documentary about the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo courtesy of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.
Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Song, a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, looking at the late U.S. Supreme Court justice’s personal side, was released Monday by the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University.
March 15 is the late justice’s birthday, and when she turned 80, her children and daughter-in-law gave her a gift of commissioned songs about her life as a lawyer, judge, daughter, wife and mother. Pieces performed in the video documentary can also be heard on
ABA’s Practice Forward group puts focus on members needs, well-being
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The challenges confronting the legal profession as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a prime focus of the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting.
In the first CLE program Wednesday, the ABA Coordinating Group on Practice Forward provided a sneak peek at results of a new ABA survey seeking to better understand issues that have impacted lawyers at work and at home.
In September and October, 4,400 people nationwide answered questions about how legal employers revised policies and procedures and whether diversity, equity and inclusion programs were affected because of COVID-19. Respondents also provided insight into the resources they need as they continue to work remotely or return to their offices after the pandemic.
ABA is on a ‘promising path forward,’ President Patricia Lee Refo says
ABA President Patricia Lee Refo addressed the House of Delegates remotely during their session at the midyear meeting.
Since taking office, ABA President Patricia Lee Refo has maintained a schedule of events that would ve once been unimaginable.
She told the House of Delegates at the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting on Monday that in 2½ consecutive days last fall, she spoke at virtual events hosted by the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Union Internationale des Avocats in Paris. She also, from her kitchen, attended the annual state bar conventions in both Connecticut and Wyoming.