Where Are the Women Arbitrators? The Battle to Diversify ADR Winter 2018, ABA Perspectives When Laura Kaster was a young lawyer in 1975, she was accustomed to being the only woman in the room. But by the time she left Jenner & Block in Chicago in 1997 to work at AT&T Corporation, there were many … Continued
American Bar Association Adopts State Bar Report on Gender Disparity in the Courtroom The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates Monday unanimously approved a resolution affirming that women attorneys remain considerably underrepresented in courtrooms and in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and outlined steps that can be taken by the judiciary, law firms, clients and … Continued
Drones, police body cameras, invasion of privacy and social media issues top the headlines daily. Not only do these issues make the news, the way they are handled by the media, police and even attorneys can become news. The State Bar’s Committee on Media Law invited a panel of attorneys, judges and members of the … Continued
The Commercial Division Advisory Council has produced a new version of its short film about the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. The film features eleven General Counsel of major corporations speaking about the Commercial Division. The film portrays some of the recent improvements to the Commercial Division’s rules, procedures, and operations … Continued