July 11, 2016

"Among this year's winning firms, women make up an average of 20 percent of all equity partners, and they hold a quarter of the seats on both the executive and the finance committees. These profiles of the Best Law Firms for Women detail how well women are represented in the partnership of each firm as well as highlighting benefits offered for parents."

The 2016 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers 50 Best Law Firms for Women

By: Stephanie Francis Ward, ABA Journal

August 1, 2016

"Concerns about enforcement of accreditation standards and the need for response to law school costs, student debt and lack of lawyer jobs swirled during a Department of Education panel’s discussion that led to their vote to recommend suspending the ABA from accrediting law schools for one year, a transcript of the hearing shows."

Federal panel 'sent a signal' to ABA about law school loans and accreditation enforcement

By: Robert H. Frank, The New York Times

July 22, 2016

"Money matters – not always in the ways you may think."

The Incalculable Value of Finding a Job You Love

"Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is offering $35,000 signing bonuses to first-year associates who come onboard after spending a summer program with another law firm."

Quinn Emanuel Wants to Steal Your Summer Associates

"We asked, 18,000+ attorneys answered. Here are the most prestigious firms in each U.S. Region." - Vault

Vault's Top Law Firms by Region

• New York - Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  
• Washington, DC - Williams & Connolly
  
• Atlanta - King & Spalding
  
• Boston - Ropes & Gray
  
• Chicago - Kirkland & Ellis
  
• Miami - White & Case
  
• Mid-Atlantic - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
  
• Mountain States - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  
• Midwest - Jones Day
  
• Northern California - Morrison & Foerster
  
• Southern California - Latham & Watkins
  
• Texas - Baker Botts
  
• Pacific Northwest - Perkins Coie
  

Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair 

(in DC this year!)

August 4-6th, 2016

8am-8pm

Renaissance Hotel

Registration

More Info

*** If your firm plans to participate in the career fair, and you want to be included in the printed conference booklet and all other conference-related materials, please make sure to register your firm ASAP.  The LGBT Bar really wants all participating firms listed in the materials but the deadline for printing conference materials is in the coming days.  ***

The 2017 Vault Law 100 is here! More than 18,000 law firm associates rated the prestige of law firms across the country.

2017 Vault Law 100

Come de-stress before OCI!

No experience is needed, and breakfast will be provided!

8:30 AM 

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Flow Yoga

1508 14th Street NW, Washington DC, 20005

Online registration: WALRAA Pre-OCI Yoga

By: Suzanne Monyak, The National Law Journal

June 20, 2016

From white-water rafting trips to casino nights and parties, Washington's law firms are hosting a slew of social events for this year's summer associates in an effort to prepare them — and court them — to rejoin the firm as first-year associates after graduation...

• FREE FOOD
  
• SOCIAL EVENTS
  
• FREE SWAG
  
• FREE TRAVEL
  
• FREE BOOZE

After the tragic events in Orlando on June 12th, the victims and their loved ones face a tremendous uphill legal battle. Please join the DC legal community and the National LGBT Bar in supporting efforts to defray the cost of legal services for all of those affected.

• Join our Orlando Ride for Relief on June 27th at 7:30 pm, hosted by the brand new Flywheel City Center with all-star instructor Stephen Murray.
  
• Email Jason Beekman to reserve a bike with a $102 tax-deductible donation to the National LGBT Bar (representing the 49 dead and 53 injured).
  
• Donate via the National LGBT Bar’s Orlando Legal Services fund to help make a difference in our community.
  
• Encourage Florida-barred attorneys to donate their time by filling out the National LGBT Bar’s Florida Volunteer Attorneys Form.
  
• For questions or to get more information, please email Jason Beekman.