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Making it Rain: What Does it Take?
Pat partners with the American Bar Association and offers inside tips on what sets lawyers apart when it comes to Rainmaking and how to differentiate yourself and your firm when pitching to clients. Webinar is 45 minutes short and you will learn a lot in that short time!
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Mansfield Rule
Leadership Can No Longer be a Man’s Field: How to Successfully Implement the Mansfield Rule Change is like heaven. Everybody wants to go there, but no one wants to die. Perhaps that explains why the demographics of law firm leadership have remained the same for so many years. Here are options to take the next…
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Beyond Bias
Unleashing the Potential of Women in Law Featuring Patricia K. Gillette, Carol Frohlinger, Epstein Henry Esq, Cathy Fleming and many more The lack of women in power positions could be costing law firms far more than they think in both economic and cultural terms. Quite aside from the widely accepted understanding that more diverse teams…
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Implicit Bias: Light it Up
Why are so many people afraid of the dark? Maybe because you don’t know what’s there. You sense danger. So you remain quiet and wait for someone to turn on a light. That is what it feels like to be the victim of implicit bias. It is hard to detect. And while you can’t see…
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Insights on Leadership
Pat Gillette Receives Distinguished 2015 Golden Hammer Award The ABA Law Practice Division Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the ABA Women Rainmakers have awarded this year’s Golden Hammer Award to Pat Gillette. The Golden Hammer Award recognizes the work of individuals and entities who have helped promote diversity in the ABA and the legal profession.…
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Opt-in Project
Pat Gillette co-founded the Opt-In Project, which tapped into the wisdom of industry leaders to find innovative strategies for the retention of professional women in the workforce. The results of the project were remarkable and paved the path for change.
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Rainmaking Study
Pat Gillette played a key role in the research for this groundbreaking study by Lawyer Metrics, which identifies the characteristics that make rainmakers successful, and confirms that these characteristics are quantifiable and not bound by gender. Please click here for more detailed information on Rainmaking Study Lawyer Metrics has completed its two year study…
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Let’s Kill Those Law Firms Rankings!
Making a list and checking it twice. That’s what Santa does. And then he brings gifts. For a long time now, law firms have been helping the legal industry’s equivalent of Santa (read “law firm publications”) make lists to bring the ultimate gift: the appearance of success on any number of metrics in the eyes…
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Leveling the Playing Field: Bringing in the Men
Women had to fight for the right to take maternity leave. We had to fight for the right to work part time. We had to fight for the right to work remotely. These issues drove women’s initiatives, conferences, and publications for years and finally, the legal industry, as a whole, has responded. In fact, it…
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Feminism 2.0: Stand With Your Men
The concept of feminism has been around for decades. It has been written about, sung about, bantied about. It has been the subject of conversations in Congress and decisions of the United States Supreme Court. It has been exhibited by the bra burning extravaganzas in the 60s, the “dress like a man” fashions in the…
