Here is an example of privilege the legal profession affords those who aren’t black. . As a second year associate at Faegre Baker Daniels, Mary Jaclyn Cook, falsified 135 billable hours while attending her wedding … Read More
Follow @yolandayoungesq In the end, Jon Stewart, the retired host of the Daily Show and Wyatt Cenac, his former “only black writer” smiled and made up, but not before providing us with a teachable … Read More
Follow @yolandayoungesq This article is the second in a series sponsored by The Cochran Firm, lawyers for the parents of John Crawford III, who was shot and killed by police near Dayton, Ohio, in … Read More
The Paula Boggs Band will take the stage at Austin’s Musicians For Equal Opportunity (MEOW) Conference on October 26th and headline at The Belmont on Sunday, October 27th. How Boggs came to write and perform … Read More
Corporate Counsel Women of Color held its 9th Annual Career Strategies Conference in Washington, D.C. last week. Laurie Robinson Haden, the organization’s founder, and a host of marquee names in the legal community — real … Read More
Legal professors, administrators, and professionals met recently in Washington, DC to discuss strategies for diversifying the legal profession. The day-long event, presented by Washington College of Law and the Society of American Law School Teachers … Read More
Judge James Ware recently joined JAMS, The Resolution Experts, after spending sixteen years as a civil litigator, and twenty-years as a judge. The Stanford Law School graduate served as a United States District Judge on … Read More
OBABL is thrilled to introduce you to our new careers columnist. By day Donald Sherman serves as counsel on the Democratic staff of the House Oversight Committee in Washington, DC. But by night (and weekends) … Read More
Every year OBABL reports on recent black law clerk hires by Supreme Court Justices. We wait for Above The Law to do the heavy lifting on this, but once they compile the list of recent … Read More
On Being A Black Lawyer has just released the names of those chosen for 2nd Annual Power 100 list, a comprehensive catalog of the nation’s most influential black attorneys working in government, academics, and both … Read More