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The business case for diversity
- Companies with both men and women in senior executive positions do better. McKinsey Quarterly, 2010 There's a quick registration process to access the article
Law firm best practices
- Ontario law firms sign on and commit to identifying and adopting principles and best practices that promote the retention and advancement of women. Justicia Project, Law Society of Upper Canada
- 2009 Best Practices Diversity Guide, NALP, The Association for Legal Career Professionals
- List of model policies and reports on alternative work schedules, attrition, compensation, diversity, etc., Stanford Center on the Legal Profession: Women in the Legal Profession
- 10 best practices with a list of references from the New York City Bar's Committee on Minorities in the Profession, 2006
- Guidance on developing gender-aware talent management from the European Union's Women on Top project
- Guide to Developing a Policy Regarding Workplace Equity in Law Firms, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2003
- Practical strategies for becoming a leading law firm from client development coaches
Assess yourself
- Assess the level of diversity in your firm
- Consider your buried assumptions through Project Implicit
- Trace your career path with Mass Career Customization
Point of entry – the hiring process
- Examples of questions used in behavioural-style interviews
- Beyond marks – looking at skills and personal qualities that speak to a candidate’s potential
- Successful strategies for hiring and retaining LBGT lawyers
- Interview strategies for job candidates
- How students and recent graduates can prepare for experienced-based interviews
- Insurance Journal article on attracting and retaining employees. Instead of relying on a "gut feeling" use behavioural interviewing techniques and pre-employment assessment tools
Retaining talent
- 2010 Change of Status Research, The Strategic Counsel, 2011
- Research shows that a firm benefits from retaining and advancing women lawyers. The Business Case for Retaining and Advancing Women Lawyers in Private Practice, Law Society of British Columbia, 2009
- Five recommendations to increase the retention of women lawyers. Report of the Retention of Women in Law Task Force, Law Society of British Columbia, 2009
- Final Report, Retention of Women in Private Practice Working Group, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2008
- Not just a women's issue: Why the retention of women lawyers is important for both women and men, Linda K. Robertson, CBA Conference, 2007
- Legal Discrimination? Reasons Behind Low Levels of Female Partnership in Law Firms and How to Correct It, Jeffrey Gower, 2010
- Strategies for creating a law firm environment that encourages women lawyers to stay
- What women should look for in a law firm; How law firms can keep talented women lawyers from leaving
- Law firms need a retention program to maintain diversity especially in recessionary times
Training, promotion, and compensation
- Strategies for finding out what people most want from their work place from a company providing related services
- Top ten employee complaints
- How to prepare for a performance review
- Annual information about the self-reported training and evaluation practices of Canadian and U.S. law firms, by size, provided by the National Association for Legal Career Professionals
Managing a diverse workplace
- Managing Diversity: Pocket Mentor Series, Harvard Business Press, 2009
- Talent management basics from Wikipedia
- A short overview of talent management concepts
Lawyer / Parent
- Law Society of Upper Canada efforts to help lawyers who are mothers to maintain their legal careers
- Final Report, Retention of Women in Private Practice Working Group
- Links to articles on workplace restructuring, talent management, work/life balance, and the retention and promotion of lawyers, with a focus on women, Deborah Epstein Henry, Flex-Time Lawyers
- 10 valued talents of mothers who are returning to work
Re-entering the practice of law
- Strategies for mothers wanting to return to work
- Tips for getting a job after some years out of the workforce
- Return to work resources
- Questioning, resisting, acquiescing, balancing: New mothers’ career re-entry strategies , from Health Care for Women International
- Women, law firms and re-entry issues by Deborah Epstein Henry, Flex-Time Lawyers
- Going Solo – Tips for Women
Career paths
- Short overview of a paper on the nine stages in a lawyer’s career
- An article about workshops offered by American law firms to help women learn to manage their legal careers
- Gender barriers in the legal professions: implications for career development of female law students, Journal of Employment Law Counselling, 2003
Career options
- An article with helpful information about work opportunities outside a traditional law firm practice
Ongoing struggles for equity
- A U.S. study shows women are still being excluded from management positions, 2011
- Women and minorities struggle to advance in top law firms, Kimberly Atkins, Rochester Daily Record, 2007
- Short synopsis of a report on the participation of minorities in the legal profession in the United States. Miles to Go: Progress of Minorities in the Legal Profession, American Bar Association, 2004
- The Underrepresentation of Minorities in the Legal Profession: A Critical Race Theorist's Perspective, Michigan Law Review, 1997
- The Legal Profession, Can Minorities Succeed?, Russell L. Jones, Marshall Law Review, 1986
- Professional Women: The Continuing Struggle for Acceptance and Equality, Pearl Jacobs and Linda Schain, Journal of Academic and Business Ethics, 2009
Trends in the legal profession
- Demographic trends in the legal profession, by CBA Legal Futures (2013)
- 34% of new partners in U.S. firms are women , Project for Attorney Retention survey, 2010
Books
- Managing Diversity: Pocket Mentor Series, Harvard Business Press, 2009
- Competency-Based Performance Reviews, How to Perform Employee Evaluations the Fortune 500 Way, Robin Kessler, 2008