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Tom Sager: Champion Of Diversity In The Legal Profession
Editor: DuPont has long been known for its enlightened management. It established employee safety policies in the 1930s. It was a pioneer in protecting the environment. When you joined DuPont Legal in 1976, was diversity (in the sense of creating opportunities for women and minorities) also part...
Read MoreDuPont: Highest Ethical Standards -As Captured In The Stories We Tell
Editor's Note: Hayward D. "Dan" Fisk, Chairman of the Atlantic Legal Foundation's Board of Directors, introduced Charles O. Holliday, Chairman of DuPont. He said in his introduction, "I am privileged to introduce Chad Holliday. Chad has been chairman of the board of DuPont since January 1, 1999....
Read MoreErnest Tuckett Of DuPont: Advancing Diversity Within The Legal Profession
Editor: Please describe your primary responsibilities with DuPont Legal. Tuckett: As the corporate counsel for Labor & Employment with DuPont Legal, my primary responsibility is to provide legal advice and guidance on labor and employment and general business matters to business and HR...
Read MoreAn Outpost In India Serving DuPont Legal
Editor: Mary Ann, tell us something of the history of the relationship between OfficeTiger and DuPont. Kim: In 2006 OfficeTiger was integrated into the RR Donnelley Financial Group, and is now known as RR Donnelley Global Services. We are a pioneer in providing outsourcing solutions to the legal...
Read MoreDuPont's Stacey Mobley Retires - Tom Sager Becomes General Counsel
In June of 2007, Stacey was in New York City to accept the prestigious Appleseed award on behalf of his legal team. Appleseed, one of the largest legal pro bono networks in the United States, praised DuPont's in-house law firm - led for nearly a decade by Mr. Mobley - for its "unwavering...
Read MoreDuPont's Pipeline Projects: Tools For Diversity In The Workplace
Editor: What progress have DuPont and its Primary Law Firms (PLFs) made during the calendar year 2007? Schaeffer: DuPont Legal and its PLFs were involved in a number of diversity programs that continued to grow and mature in 2007, primarily in the area of the Pipeline projects. One Pipeline...
Read MoreMinorities Can And Do Succeed At Large Firms - DuPont's Experience vs. Sander's Article
Editor's Note: An article published by UCLA Professor Richard H. Sander in the North Carolina Law Review in May 2006 has touched off controversy. The article, entitled The Racial Paradox of the Corporate Law Firm, maintains that "corporate law firms generally use aggressive racial preferences in...
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