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June 27, 2024 - MoFo Diversity, MoFo Life
Morrison Foerster Hosts 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship Retreat
Morrison Foerster recently hosted its 2024 Diversity and Inclusion (D+I) Fellowship Retreat, a multi-day event designed to support the successful integration and professional development of summer associates in the firm’s diversity-related fellowship programs. This year’s retreat brought together fellows from across the firm who
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April 22, 2024 - MoFo Life
MoFo Celebrates Earth Day
On Earth Day, and every day, MoFo is proud to undertake initiatives to advance environmental sustainability and conservation, including our unwavering commitment to providing pro bono legal services to organizations that advance this mission. Highlighted below are just a few organizations, among many, with
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February 14, 2024 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFoundations MoFo Story: Mark Donovan
By: Mark Francis Donovan
Editor’s note: Read about transactions associate Mark Donovan, who participated in the 2023 MoFoundations Program in our Boston office, in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. After speaking to countless attorneys, professors, friends, and anyone who would listen, one theme defined all of my discussions
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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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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 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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October 23, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Community
MoFo Associates Learn Practical Trial and Litigation Skills through Immersive Partner-Led Training
By: Daralyn Durie and Michael Komorowski
Earlier this month, 15 MoFo associates took part in a partner-led immersive Trial Skills Training program in San Francisco. The program gave associates an opportunity to practice their trial skills so that they are ready to hit the ground running when they go to
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October 05, 2023 - MoFo Life, MoFo Diversity
Diversity and Inclusion at MoFo – Masha Miura
Editor's note: Read about Masha Miura, who participated in MoFo’s 2023 Summer Associate Program in our New York office , in this installment of our MoFo Stories series. As a biracial woman of color, finding spaces in which I can be authentically and unapologetically
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