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January 31, 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 2, 2024

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Accountancy Age

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Laura Empson on Big Four governance

December 5, 2023

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US News

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Michele DeStefano on law firm culture

November 14, 2023

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David Wilkins on succession planning

November 4, 2023

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Financial Times

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Lionel Paolella writes letter to editor on law firm gender progress

November 1, 2023

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Law360

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After the JD Book Release Coverage

October 29, 2023

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The Atlantic

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John Coates on Private Equity

October 29, 2023

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MIT Sloan

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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio on increasing diversity

August 19, 2023

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David B. Wilkins on innovating and the changing legal profession

August 14, 2023

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John Coates Publishes The Problem of Twelve

August 9, 2023

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Swethaa Ballakrishnen on leading works in the legal profession

July 31, 2023

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BBC

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Nick Robinson on India's Supreme Court

July 25, 2023

Karim A. Youssef joins Center on the Legal Profession Advisory Board

July 16, 2023

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Berkman-Klein Press Release

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David B. Wilkins joins new initiative on AI and the law

July 2, 2023

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Reuters

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Laura Empson on Big Law Managing Partners

June 28, 2023

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LA Times

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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio on Affirmative Action

June 27, 2023

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HLS Today

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Experts discuss how AI might disrupt access to justice challenges

June 21, 2023

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Forbes

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Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio on Data and Decision-Making

June 8, 2023

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Harvard Business Review

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Heidi Gardner on ChatGPT and Collaboration

May 22, 2023

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The Financial Times

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David Wilkins on Law Firm Mergers

May 10, 2023

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The New York Times

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Laura Empson on New World of Work

April 4, 2023

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Goodwin Liu elected next Chair of Board of Academy of Arts & Sciences

March 13, 2023

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CNBC

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Heidi Gardner on the #1 skill successful people have

February 16, 2023

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American Lawyer

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Heidi Gardner on Innovation

January 19, 2023

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Bloomberg Law

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David Wilkins on culture wars and Big Law