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8 Aug 2011, 11:45 am
We were a little surprised when we found out that partner Bill Urquhart was allowing — nay, encouraging — all associates to dress über casually at the office.As Vivia Chen of The Careerist so eloquently put it, it seems that the age of “jaw-droppingly sloppy” lawyers has arrived. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 4:05 pm
., Assistant Dean for Career Development, Pace Law School- Camille Chin-Kee Fatt, Director of Career Services, Brooklyn Law School- Michael Burshteyn, Emory Law 2L- Vivia Chen, "The Careerist," American Lawyer Media- David Lat, Managing Editor, Above The Law- Will Meyerhofer, Psychotherapist, author of 'Way Worse Than Being a Dentist'- Raj Selvadurai, Global Managing Director, Vault.Com… [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 7:07 am
23 Jul 2010, 12:05 pm
Vivia Chen suggests in The Careerist that this is great news for law firms that want to steer clear of sex discrimination suits: Here’s a hot tip for law firms that want to quash possible discrimination lawsuits by disgruntled women partners: Take those gals out of the income partner and of-counsel rank and give them equity — or something that kinda looks like equity. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 9:57 am
Note also that the policy applies not just to same-sex couples, but also to opposite-sex couples who are similarly situated — which might be a way of addressing the criticisms of some that the gay gross-up is unfair to heterosexual couples.Meanwhile, elsewhere in “law firms being nice to gay people” news, let’s give some props to Shearman & Sterling….Reports Vivia Chen, in The Careerist:Apparently, some Shearman & Sterling lawyers are now… [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 1:56 pm
But for firms who like to think outside the blouse box, well, CHECK YOU FLIP-FLOPS.That’s right, litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel cares more about your briefs than whether or not you are wearing underwear…In an interview with Vivia Chen of The Careerist, Quinn Emanuel name partner William Urquhart said:“We take casual dress to a whole new level . . . . [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 9:28 pm
Always-provocative lawblogger Vivia Chen's recent post "Too good for Big Law" has drawn a fair bit of attention. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 2:21 am
Chen (and David Yellen, Dean at Loyola Chicago) believe otherwise. [read post]
15 May 2012, 5:15 pm
", Vivia Chen quotes Sallie Krawcheck, one of the country's leading female executives, as saying: "If you look around Wall Street and corporate America, we're putting women on diversity councils; we're putting them in mentoring programs; we're giving them special leadership training, telling them how to ask for promotions—but we are not promoting them. [read post]
18 May 2011, 12:59 pm
The original article talked about the profession and the nature of the profession, but didn’t mention the costs involved in getting there in the first place.)I read Vivia Chen’s article, Women Spurn Law School, at the Careerist (h/t TaxProf) and wanted to ask a couple of additional questions. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 6:05 pm
Here’s a good summary from Vivia Chen (one of the many Asian-American females to write about Chua; see also Jen Chung of Gothamist and Elizabeth Chang of the Washington Post): “Chua is an überachiever who’s hell-bent on raising her kids to be at least as accomplished as she is. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 8:12 am
As Kyle McEntee of LST told Vivia Chen of The Careerist, “it seems that lower-ranked schools are outdoing their rank in terms of transparency. [read post]
4 Jul 2016, 4:21 am
In a profile for “The American Lawyer,” Vivia Chen described her as a workaholic who still managed to make time for her family, “a bit of a wisecracker who exudes constant energy. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 12:30 pm
But we knew that already.The exciting new type of discrimination that women face involves the one attorney job where they make up the majority…Over at The Careerist, Vivia Chen describes the new news in the NAWL report:One change in the profession is the proliferation of non-partner-track lawyers. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 1:07 pm
Apparently there is, so prepare to be de-sexified (as if you’re not undersexed enough as it is)….Vivia Chen of The Careerist consulted with FINS, a career website, to determine what kind of bathing suit would be most appropriate:For a company retreat where pool and beach time will be a must, experts suggest women stick to tankinis, one-pieces, or suits that cover the top of the thigh, and to bring a hat to cover up pool hair. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 4:53 am
Unclear as to what that meant, I clicked on the link, only to learn that Vivia Chen has no future as a video interviewer and that the quote above is all there is to David’s deeply nuanced view of internet freedom. [read post]
2 Oct 2011, 5:18 am
When I sat on the panel at the Asian American Bar Association of New York a few weeks ago, Vivia Chen at the Careerist, also on the panel, opined that one of the benefits coming from the blawgosphere was that the law was becoming more transparent, that people were learning more about the law and gaining a greater understanding.I disagreed. [read post]
5 Jan 2011, 7:34 am
Instead, there’s the Vivia Chen companion article that perhaps explains the lack of coverage on female attorneys:Time to pop the champagne and celebrate women in the profession, right? [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 4:29 pm
Clear as I can tell, Vivia Chen on The Careerist started the ball rolling in the legal blogosphere by repackaging a Slate XX Factor article (by Dahlia Lithwick) that featured one woman telling other women that they were hobbling their careers by planning for a family before they had one.And since women generally can’t stand to even be in the same room with each other, it wasn’t too long before everybody was rolling out their best women-dogging-other-women… [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 1:55 pm
American Lawyer columnist Vivia Chen observes that “there's a meaty legal issue at stake: Was there a client/lawyer relationship between Dershowitz and Boies Schiller? [read post]
