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Law Students Take to the Streets (Well, the Sidewalk) to Protest Venable’s Deception
On Tuesday, June 4, Venable LLP thought it was holding a recruiting reception for first-year law students in Washington, DC. But their efforts to woo prospective associates may have backfired, since the Pipeline Parity Project took the opportunity to educate our...
Yet Another Reason to #DumpVenable
A California jury on Friday ordered an employer to pay $8 million in punitive damages for committing sexual battery against his former employee. The employer was represented by—you guessed it—Venable LLP.
Bloomberg Law: Law Students Put More Pressure on Big Law Over Arbitration
Melissa Heelan Stanzione wrote for Bloomberg Law: Law students concerned with the use of mandatory arbitration agreements in law firm employment contracts are taking action this week to pressure law firms into eliminating the practice. Hundreds of students have signed...
Law.com: Big Law Is Targeted—In Person—By Law Students Opposing Mandatory Arbitration
Karen Sloan wrote for Law.com: The law students behind a national effort to end mandatory arbitration at law firms stepped up their efforts Tuesday, handing out leaflets outside the offices of Venable and DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., and Boston. Read more at...
Law360: Harvard Group Ups Pressure To End BigLaw Forced Arbitration
Chris Villani of Law360 writes: A group of Harvard law students that has launched a year-long campaign to end so-called coercive contracts in the legal industry said Tuesday it is escalating the pressure by sending teams to hand out fliers outside DLA Piper’s Boston...
Above the Law: Law School Students Are Taking To The Street Over Biglaw Firms With Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Kathryn Rubino wrote for Above the Law: If legal industry insiders thought they could just wait out the uproar overmandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of employment at Biglaw firms, well, they may have misjudged the situation. A group of Harvard Law...
Law Students Nationwide Step Up Pressure Campaign Against Law Firms’ Use of Forced Arbitration
A year after public outcry began over law firms’ use of forced arbitration as a condition of employment, law students around the country are stepping up the pressure on legal employers who continue to make use of these coercive contract provisions. Forced arbitration...
NLJ: #DumpVenable Campaign Launched by Harvard Law Student Group
Karen Sloan wrote for NLJ: The Pipeline Parity Project, as the student organization is called, on Monday through its #DumpVenable campaign called for classmates and law students across the country to boycott interviewing for summer associate positions at Venable in an...
Above The Law: Another Biglaw Firm Targeted By Harvard Law School Students Over Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Kathryn Rubino wrote for ATL: This morning, Pipeline Parity Project (PPP) launched #DumpVenable. In response to a survey sent on behalf of T14 law schools, Venable said the incoming summer associate class would not have to sign mandatory arbitration agreements....