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September 14, 2024

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David B. Wilkins joins Leadership Council for Legal Diversity (LCLD) summit

August 13, 2024

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Forbes

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David B. Wilkins on PI attorney legal tech startup

June 14, 2024

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Legal Dive

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David B. Wilkins on in-house training programs

June 4, 2024

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Bloomberg Law

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Michele DeStefano on AI, Summer Associates, and Law Firms

May 16, 2024

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CLOC Podcast

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David B. Wilkins on the CLOC Talk Podcast

May 7, 2024

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New York Times

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Fabio de Sa e Silva on Elon Musk and Brazil

May 6, 2024

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HLS Bulletin

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D. Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India's Supreme Court, in the HLS Bulletin

May 1, 2024

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Law360

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Robert Couture on Holwell Shuster

April 15, 2024

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Bloomberg Law

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David B. Wilkins on Term Non-Lawyers

March 8, 2024

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Cambridge News

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Lionel Paolella on inclusive hiring

February 16, 2024

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Fortune

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John Coates on Elon Musk and the Delaware Courts

February 15, 2024

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Harvard Law Today

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David B. Wilkins on AI in the Legal Profession

February 6, 2024

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CLP Advisory Board member Ken Frazier joins Harvard Corporation

February 1, 2024

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Caroline Potoppidan, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Maersk, joins Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession Advisory Board

January 3, 2024

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Accountancy Age

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Laura Empson on Big Four governance

December 6, 2023

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US News

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Michele DeStefano on law firm culture

November 15, 2023

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Bloomberg law

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David Wilkins on succession planning

November 5, 2023

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Financial Times

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Lionel Paolella writes letter to editor on law firm gender progress

November 2, 2023

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Law360

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After the JD Book Release Coverage

October 30, 2023

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MIT Sloan

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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio on increasing diversity

October 30, 2023

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The Atlantic

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John Coates on Private Equity

August 20, 2023

LawTech.Asia

David B. Wilkins on innovating and the changing legal profession

August 15, 2023

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John Coates Publishes The Problem of Twelve

August 10, 2023

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Swethaa Ballakrishnen on leading works in the legal profession

August 1, 2023

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BBC

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Nick Robinson on India's Supreme Court