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… so says Alejandra Campoverdi, candidate for Congress in a special election for California’s 34th District, graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and former White House deputy director of Hispanic media. […]

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women “get to be broad and complicated and contradictory” too …

Law firms making progress in retaining and promoting their female talent have recognized a number of trends that reflect social science research, rapid changes in the legal marketplace, and an […]

The Competitive Advantages of Engaging and Retaining Female Attorneys

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As recently reported by Stephanie Francis Ward at the ABA Journal, “behavioral persistence in the face of adversity” and the “sustained, passionate pursuit of goals”—the clinical definition of grit—have much […]

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What Gall You Have! Women and Grit in the Legal Profession

As reported by Stephanie Francis Ward in the ABA Journal, 2016 “marked the first time” when law students at American law schools were majority-female.  This trend actually lags behind developments in […]

Law School Ranks Now Majority-Female, But “Pipeline Still Broken,” Say Some

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