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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Melinda Gilani
By: Melinda Gilani
Editor’s note: Read about transactions associate Melinda Gilani, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our San Francisco office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. Joining MoFo marks the beginning of an exciting chapter in my career, and I’m grateful to MoFoundations for
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations: Paving the Way to Success
By: Mark Francis Donovan, Melinda Gilani and Keniece Y. Gray
The transition to the role of first-year associate is a significant step in a lawyer’s career. To facilitate this transition, our Attorney Learning & Development Group has developed MoFoundations, a curriculum tailored specifically for recent law school graduates and judicial clerks. MoFoundations is designed
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Keniece Gray
By: Keniece Y. Gray
Editor’s note: Read about litigation associate Keniece Gray, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our Washington, D.C. office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. My MoFo journey began in fall 2020 and has been a demonstration of mutual commitment to
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February 08, 2024 - MoFo Diversity
MoFo Celebrates Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and MoFo is proud to celebrate the many contributions made by members of our Black communities throughout history, while also acknowledging and raising awareness about the deep socio-economic inequities that persist for Black people in the United States today.
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February 07, 2024 - MoFo Diversity
Partner Spotlight: Val Dahiya
By: Val Dahiya
During February, we celebrate Black History Month and honor the many contributions made by members of our Black communities throughout history, while also acknowledging and raising awareness about the deeply inequitable treatment of Black people in the United States. The theme this year is
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January 30, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Diversity
MoFo Celebrates National Mentoring Month: The Important Role of Sponsorship
We continue our celebration of National Mentoring Month by focusing on MoFo’s sponsorship efforts. Sponsorship is a step beyond mentorship, occurring when a partner takes on the responsibility of promoting the career advancement of a high-performing associate (i.e., their protégé). Sponsors leverage their own
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January 16, 2024 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Wins Asylum for Widow and Young Child Who Fled Taliban-Seized Afghanistan
MoFo recently won asylum for an Afghan woman and her young son, after nearly a year of waiting for the Asylum Office to issue its decision following the asylum interview. The firm’s pro bono client is a widow from a religious and ethnic minority who
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January 09, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Diversity
MoFo Celebrates National Mentoring Month
At MoFo, we understand that effective mentorship is critical to each attorney’s success. That is why we are excited to celebrate National Mentoring Month and the role effective mentorship plays in attorney development. Listen to MoFo partners Kelley Howes and Lily Li as they
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November 01, 2023 - MoFo Pro Bono
MoFo Wins Dismissal for Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness
By: J. Alex Ward, Haydn Forrest, Robin A. Smith, Krista A. Nunez, Roke Iko and Hannah Yang
Morrison Foerster secured a significant victory for its pro bono client, Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness (NMW), obtaining the dismissal of a mining company’s lawsuit that threatened to undo government efforts to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a million-acre wilderness region known for
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October 30, 2023 - MoFo Diversity
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month: A Conversation with Monica Ramirez
As part of MoFo’s celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, partner Anthony Ramirez moderated a conversation with Monica Ramirez, activist, author, civil rights attorney, entrepreneur, and public speaker. Monica shared insight into her personal experiences growing up in a migrant farmworker community, which laid the
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