Until I entered the legal profession, I never thought of myself as a minority. However, the Big Law landscape in New York City made me acutely aware that I was different. I chalked it up to corporate ...

Early on, Mecca Santana wanted to be a lawyer. She was told otherwise. “My uncle said, ‘You’re not going to be a damn lawyer,’ ” said Santana, an African-American woman, to an audience of about 60 ...

We’ve all heard of the glass ceiling, an invisible barrier hindering women from rising within the ranks of corporate America. The term was coined in the 1980’s and even resulted in a special ...

A more germane moniker for the so-called “glass ceiling” for Black corporate executives is perhaps “concrete ceiling.” At least that view stood out in a fresh post by The National Law Review, an ...

While many may be familar with the glass ceiling holding back white women, Black women face a second, ‘concrete ceiling’ that often curtails their career progression at large companies. It’s hard to ...