
Legal Market Insights
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"Modernized Bar Exam Gets the Green Light," 01.28.21.
Law.com reports that "the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Board of Trustees on Jan. 28 adopted a series of recommendations for the next generation of the licensing exam, meaning that the test will look significantly different when the new version debuts in about five years." ("According to the National Conference, the revised exam will place more emphasis on testing legal skills and will require less memorization of wide swaths of law.") -
"Midsize Firms Are Recruiting More Diverse Associates, but Retention Remains a Hurdle," 01.24.21.
The Daily Report reprints this piece from the Mid-Market Report, that explores the ways a handful of midsize firms have made significant advances in increasing the diversity of their young legal talent. -
"Coca-Cola General Counsel Says Diversity Efforts Aren’t Working, Unveils New Guidelines," 01.28.21.
Corporate Counsel reports that "law firms working on The Coca-Cola Co.’s new legal matters will have to meet stringent new diversity guidelines or face stiff penalties, including losing the Atlanta-based beverage giant’s business.” -
"So Slow It’s ’Painful’: NALP Finds Incremental Law Firm Diversity Improvements,” 02.02.21
Corporate Counsel features “a new report from the National Association for Law Placement finds that large U.S. law firms continue to make very slow progress in increasing their ranks of lawyers who are women or people of color." -
"GCs’ Growing Roles Could Mean More Legal Department, Outside Counsel Hires," 01.27.21.
Corporate Counsel reports that "the Association of Corporate Counsel released its Chief Legal Officers Survey and the results point to corporate legal departments looking for reinforcements as they take on growing challenges around such areas as privacy and compliance.”

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