Sentences with phrase «promoting diversity in the legal profession»

Also over the last few years organizations promoting diversity in the legal profession have been increasing and growing.

Todd & Weld and its attorneys regularly support organizations promoting diversity in the legal profession.

Should promoting diversity in the legal profession be a part of a lawyer's ethical and professional responsibility?

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Also at 10:30 a.m., the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Subcommittee on Diversity in Law holds a roundtable to discuss strategies for promoting increased diversity in the legal profession, 250 Broadway, MDiversity in Law holds a roundtable to discuss strategies for promoting increased diversity in the legal profession, 250 Broadway, Mdiversity in the legal profession, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

Local organizations and groups targeted to specific firms or offices have begun working alongside countrywide associations to continue promoting gender diversity in the legal profession.

The Law Society has an obligation to promote human rights in the legal profession and licensees are already bound by human rights equality, diversity and inclusion principles under their respective professional rules of conduct and the Code.»

The problem, however, as Anne Vespry cogently argued on our legal ethics listserv (and «Bob Smith» also noted in comments on Omar Ha - Redeye's SLAW column), is that it is not clear that there is a legal basis for claiming that Ontario lawyers have a duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusion understood as a requirement to take active steps toward making the profession more equal, diverse and inclusive.

Indeed, Lightfoot lawyers routinely organize, lead and participate in seminars devoted to diversity in the legal profession, and to supporting and promoting the careers of female and minority lawyers.

As part of its commitment to promote equality and diversity in the legal profession, and to ensure that the Ontario community is served by a representative profession, the Law Society of Upper Canada conducts research and collects data on the composition of the profession.

Sixteen firms announced today they have joined forces to form the Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network in an effort to promote these values within the legal profession.

The organization was formed in 2004 to provide a support network to in - house women of color and to facilitate networking around the nation and abroad, promote career advancement and the success of in - house women of color, and promote all aspects of global diversity in the legal profession and workplace.

CASAL's mission is to support and promote initiatives that value diversity and advancement of all South Asian lawyers and law students, within the legal profession throughout Canada; to provide a forum for professional networking and development of all South Asian lawyers, through continuing legal education, mentorship, advocacy, legal scholarship and greater community involvement; to foster excellence in the quality of legal services provided to all Canadians.

The Junior Lawyers Division runs a variety of events, lectures, and social events as well as looking after and protecting the interests of juniors in the legal profession whilst promoting equality and diversity.

The Council fixed two strategic priorities for 2013 - 16, and reaffirmed those priorities for 2016 - 19, at the same time adding a third: (i) transforming regulation and governance in the public interest, (ii) enhancing access to legal services and the justice system for all Nova Scotians, and (iii) promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

Explaining her belief that diversity is a broad and flexible concept, Reid detailed the ways her firm promotes diversity in the workplace and in the legal profession as a whole, including the following:

Lerners LLP is a proud member of the Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network (LFDIN), which consists of a group of Canadian law firms that have agreed to work together to promote diversity and encourage a culture of inclusion in our firms and the broader legal prDiversity and Inclusion Network (LFDIN), which consists of a group of Canadian law firms that have agreed to work together to promote diversity and encourage a culture of inclusion in our firms and the broader legal prdiversity and encourage a culture of inclusion in our firms and the broader legal profession.

MCCA's Creating Pathways to Diversity ® Conference promotes the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession through programs focused on global diversity, inclusive leadership and talent optiDiversity ® Conference promotes the advancement of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession through programs focused on global diversity, inclusive leadership and talent optidiversity and inclusion in the legal profession through programs focused on global diversity, inclusive leadership and talent optidiversity, inclusive leadership and talent optimization.

Eversheds Sutherland is committed to promoting diversity within the firm and in the legal profession.

LFDIN is a group of Canadian law firms who have agreed to work together to promote diversity and encourage a culture of inclusion in our firms and the broader legal profession.

This was demonstrated earlier this year when 16 leading firms collaborated with Legal Leaders for Diversity and Inclusion, a group whose chief aim is promoting inclusiveness in the legal profesLegal Leaders for Diversity and Inclusion, a group whose chief aim is promoting inclusiveness in the legal profeslegal profession.

It seems to me that for most in the legal profession, the rationale for promoting diversity and gender balance is by now accepted; but we struggle, still, with turning what we know into what we do.

As a recent and unfortunate example, we recently observed a number of lawyers, i.e. the five Conservative federal MPs who are lawyers in Ontario, along with Liberal MP Gagan Sikand, fail in their duty to promote equality, diversity and inclusiveness in their public life by voting against or abstaining from voting in favour of M - 103, a a non-binding parliamentary motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination, thereby undermining public trust and confidence in the legal profession.

ACC Foundation supports various national diverse bar associations to further promote diversity and inclusion initiatives in the corporate legal profession.