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"Toughen Up, Buttercup" Versus #Timesup: Initial Findings Of The Aba Women In Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
"Toughen Up, Buttercup" Versus #Timesup: Initial Findings Of The Aba Women In Criminal Justice Task Force, Maryam Ahranjani
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"Practicing criminal law as a woman is like playing tackle football in a dress.” Andrea George, Executive Director of the Federal Public Defender for Eastern Washington and Idaho, began her testimony to the American Bar Association’s Women in Criminal Justice Task Force with that powerful observation. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the ABA has focused on ways to enhance gender equity in the profession and in the justice system. The Criminal Justice Section of the ABA has invested significant resources in the creation of the Women in Criminal Justice Task Force (WCJ TF), which launched its work in …
A New Associate’S Field Guide To Partner Compensation, Joseph A. Schremmer
A New Associate’S Field Guide To Partner Compensation, Joseph A. Schremmer
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This article surveys three broad models of income and expense allocation regarding law firm compensation for partners: the true partnership model; the modified partnership model; and the eat-what-you-kill model. The goal is for young lawyers to understand the fundamental differences among these compensation models even as there are myriad ways to allocate income and expenses.