{"product_id":"raising-the-bar-diversifying-big-law-hardcover","title":"Raising the Bar: Diversifying Big Law - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDebo Adegbile\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLisa Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamaris Hernández\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-of-its-kind book of honest reflections, straight talk, and essential advice about life at big law firms for people of color\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do young people of color aspiring to careers in the law need to know about life at big law firms? What do law schools need to do to prepare them? What do the firms themselves need to do to attract, retain, and promote them?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRaising the Bar\u003c\/em\u003e, four partners of color from leading law firms engage in a no-holds-barred conversation about what it takes to make it in big law using their own journeys to the top to discuss how law firms can do a better job of attracting and holding on to a more diverse set of young attorneys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThey also offer advice to the attorneys themselves on how to succeed in a culture that has long excluded them, including finding mentors among those who don't look like you, building a portable toolkit of skills, establishing key connections outside the firm, and staying true to you, even as young associates of color navigate the foreign terrain of insular firm culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book also includes a section of concrete advice from diversity coordinators at several top law firms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDebo P. Adegbile\u003c\/strong\u003e is a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and co-chair of the firm's Anti-Discrimination Practice. He lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e is a partner in the Entertainment Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein \u0026amp; Selz. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDamaris Hernández\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first Latina partner in Cravath, Swaine \u0026amp; Moore's litigation department. She lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTed Wells\u003c\/strong\u003e is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton \u0026amp; Garrison and co-chair of the firm's litigation department. He lives in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony C. Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor and faculty director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eReleasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDangerous Leaders\u003c\/em\u003e, and a co-author, with Sherrilyn Ifill, Loretta Lynch, and Bryan Stevenson, of \u003cem\u003eA Perilous Path\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770617823520,"sku":"9781620974964","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1fa8e2412fce8c58f919337ea3fd2747.webp?v=1780375338","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/raising-the-bar-diversifying-big-law-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}