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Building a Better Legal Profession Seeks to Help Law Students Find the Right Law Firm , by Clint Dunaway. News for the Mormon Legal Community Blog, January 28, 2009.

Who’s Cuddly Now? Law Firms, by Lisa Belkin. New York Times, January 24, 2009.

Diversity in Practice: For diversity, against change?, by Arin N. Reeves. Chicago Lawyer Magazine Online, November 13, 2008.

Lawyers and Pros Say Flex Schedule's Time Has Come, by Rachel Breitman. The AMLAW Daily, November 2, 2008.

Law Firms and Schools Might Try a Recruiting Redux, by Michael DeCosta. law.com, October 9, 2008.

Best Firms for Work-Life Balance, by Karen Dybis. National Jurist, October 1, 2008.

Commentary: Part-Time Lawyer Dads Are Still a Rare Bird, by Denise Howell. Lawjobs.com, September 30, 2008.

Gender Equality's Top Ten, by Jaya Ramji-Nogales. Concurring Opinons, September 29, 2008.

Legal OnRamp Announces Collaboration with Innovative Law Student Group, by Sylvia Nessan. Jaffe Legal News Service, September 17, 2008.

Student presents paper on women blogging for workplace equality.. Penn Law, August 14, 2008.

Law students seek diversity at legal firms, by Michael Schoeff Jr.. Crane Communications, July 14, 2008.

Lawyer Dads: There Or Square?, by Denise Howell. Bag and Baggage, July 8, 2008.

Young Lawyers Hope for a Better Balance, by Guest Blogger. Sloan Work and Family , June 25, 2008.

Young Lawyers Hope for a Better Balance, by Phoebe Taubman. Sloan Work and Family Research Network, June 25, 2008.

Right out of law school, starting salary, $160,000 Bay Area firms match wages in New York to draw A-list talent, by Jessica Guynn. SFGate, May 29, 2008.

A 'Balanced Life' Is Increasingly Rare for Lawyers, Concludes N.Y. Bar Report, by Joel Stashenko. New York Law Journal, April 9, 2008.

Congratulations to the winners of the Ms. JD & PAR essay contest!, by Anna. Ms. JD, April 1, 2008.

Movement afoot to improve legal profession, by Molly Selvin. The Providence Journal, March 30, 2008.

Law students appeal for balance. Groups target grueling hours, low retention, by Molly Selvin. Chicago Tribune, March 23, 2008.

Building a Better Legal Profession: Grassroots Group of Law Students Demands Commitment from Law Firms to Work-life Balance, Mentoring, Diversity, and Pro Bono Work, by Steve Imparl. JD Bliss, March 20, 2008.

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems?, by Kashmir Hill. Above the Law, March 17, 2008.

For Diversity; Against Change?, by Arin N. Reeves. Law Bulletin Publishing Company, January 1, 2008.

Students Aim for BigLaw Change, by G.M. Filisko. ABA Journal, December 1, 2007.

Do law departments want the same things from law firms as law students want?, by Jane Pigott. Law Department Management Blog, November 30, 2007.

Advocates of Diversity Grasp for Ways to Drive Change in Legal Profession, by E.C. Hopkins. Chronicle of Higher Education, November 29, 2007.

Liberal Lawyers Try To “Diversify” Profession, by John Rosenberg. Discriminations.us, November 29, 2007.

Hot Website: Building A Better Legal Profession New Legal Website Focuses on Large Private Law Firms, by Pamela Foohey. Harvard Law Record, November 15, 2007.

Making the grade Student website ranks law firms according to diversity, by Mike Ding. The Stanford Daily, November 7, 2007.

Building a Better Legal Profession, by Cheryl Nyberg. University of Washington Law School, November 5, 2007.

Word to the Wise. Cultural IQ, November 1, 2007.

In rankings, Yale Law groups evaluate quality of life at firms, by Paul Needham. Yale Daily News, October 30, 2007.

In Students' Eyes, Look-Alike Lawyers Don’t Make the Grade, by Adam Liptak. New York Times, October 29, 2007.

Building a Better Legal Profession, by Michael Jimenez. Et Seq., October 29, 2007.

Few Black Lawyers Appear Before U.S. Supreme Court; Third Of New York Firms Lack Black Partner, by Linda Young. All Headline News, October 29, 2007.

In Students’ Eyes, Look-Alike Lawyers Don’t Make the Grade , by Adam Liptak. New York Times, October 29, 2007.

Top Students Hold Law Firm Trump Cards, by Debra Cassens Weiss. ABA Journal, October 29, 2007.

Diversity in the District, by Attila Berry. legal Times Blog, October 27, 2007.

Law Students ISO Diverse Law Firms, by Susannah Tully. Chronicle of Higher Education, October 25, 2007.

Rankings on Law Firm Gender Composition, Diversity, Etc., by Wendy Scott. BarclayBlog, October 24, 2007.

Perfect Information for Law Students, by Linda Hirshman. The New Republic, October 23, 2007.

How to build a better legal profession, by Arnie Herz. Legal Sanity, October 23, 2007.

Perfect Information for Law Students - Open University, by Mary Flood. Houston Chronicle, October 23, 2007.

Student Group Grades Firms on Diversity, Pro Bono Work, by Thomas Adcock & Zusha Elinson. New York Law Journal, October 19, 2007.

The Impact of Pro Bono on Legal Recruitment, by Thomas Adcock and Zusha Elinson. , October 19, 2007.

Women Compose Less Than One Third of Partners in Major Law Firms. Feminist Majority Foundation, October 12, 2007.

ATL Field Trip: The Building a Better Legal Profession Press Conference. Above the Law, October 12, 2007.

Women Compose Less Than One Third of Partners in Major Law Firms. Feminist Majority Foundation, October 12, 2007.

Big L.A. law firms score low on diversity survey, by Henry Weinstein. Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2007.

Student group grades firms on diversity, by Vesna Jaksic. National Law Journal, October 11, 2007.

Law Firms Rated on LGBT Partners, Associates, Other Diversity Criteria. The Advocate, October 11, 2007.

More from Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession, by Marisa McQuilken. Blog of Legal Times, October 11, 2007.

Study: L.A. Law Firms Have Poor Diversity Records. LA Times, October 11, 2007.

Cleary Gottlieb Tops Diversity Rankings, by Debra Cassens Weiss. ABA Journal, October 10, 2007.

New Findings from Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession, by Marisa McQuilken. The Blog of the Legal Times, October 10, 2007.

Law Firm Diversity: Who's Naughty, Who's Nice?, by David Lat. Above the Law, October 10, 2007.

You Say You Want a Big Law Revolution, Take II, by Amir Efrati. Wall Street Journal Online, October 10, 2007.

Cleary Gottlieb Tops Diversity Rankings, by Debra Cassens Weiss. ABA Journal, October 10, 2007.

Correcting the Mis-measure of Firms, by Frank Pasquale. Concurring Opinons, October 10, 2007.

New Findings from Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession, by Marisa McQuilken. Blog of Legal Times, October 10, 2007.

Law Students Building a Better Profession. Golden Marketing, September 28, 2007.

Students Seek a More Reasonable Law Firm Life, by Marisa McQuilken. Legal Times, September 24, 2007.

Coalition Seeks to Change Big Law Firms, by Martha Neil. ABA Journal, September 7, 2007.

Considering a Law Career with Less Hours; Less Money, by Sara Suleiman. Law Bulletin Publishing Company, September 1, 2007.

Law vs. a life: Stanford students seek reforms at major law firms, by Marie Price. Dolan Media Newswires, June 11, 2007.

Exhibit A: Off the Beaten Track; Why some students are opting out of lucrative Big Law summer clerkships, by Leigh Jones. American Lawyer, June 1, 2007.

Right out of law school, starting salary, $160,000, by Jessica Guynn. San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2007.

Lack of diversity marks L.A. law, by Henry Weinstein. LA Times, May 5, 2007.

Pay us less, they request, and don't work us so hard, by Mary Flood. Houston Chronicle, April 16, 2007.

Law Students Building a Better Legal Profession , by Wendy Scott. BarclayBlog, April 9, 2007.

New Law Student Group Strives to Change the Legal Profession. Law Librarian Blog, April 9, 2007.

Should Law Firms Compete on More than Salary?, by Frank Pasquale. Concurring Opinons, April 5, 2007.

Your money or your life - the future for law students, by Mary Flood. Houston Chronicle, April 5, 2007.

You Say You Want a Big Law Revolution, by Peter Lattman. Wall Street Journal Online, April 4, 2007.

Law students seeking to change the profession, by DAB. Law School Innovation , April 3, 2007.