First-ever audiobook from the ABA Publishing is about achieving a more diverse bar
ABA Publishing has released an audio edition of the American Bar Association Law Practice Division book, “Fix It: How History, Sports, and Education Can Inform Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Today,” which addresses the legal profession’s struggle to achieve a more diverse bar. Written by Kenneth Imo, a diversity and inclusion leader, the book brings issues of unfairness, tradition and bias into focus while suggesting improvements that will benefit lawyers, the bar and future attorneys.
“Fix It” gives law firms the perspective and strategies to overcome the barriers to equal opportunity, progressing from altruism into action. Placing diversity in the context of great leaders like famed Underground Railroad conductor and little-known Union military strategist Harriet Tubman and Branch Rickey, the architect behind integrating baseball, Imo shows how inclusion benefits both the people harnessing new opportunities and the organizations reaching innovative solutions.
By identifying the problems in the education pipeline and proposing changes that will reorganize the hiring, evaluation and promotion of lawyers, this engaging listen highlights the importance of diversity and the positive impact of true inclusivity. “Fix It,” narrated by Kenneth Toles, reflects on the negative consequences of homogeneity in history and today’s current culture while offering hope for a brighter future by embracing the power of difference.
Imo led diversity for two international law firms and was in private practice for approximately a decade prior to joining Capital One’s diversity and inclusion leadership team. He received his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law and began his legal career in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps as a captain.
ABA Business Law Section publishes 3rd edition of ‘Emerging Companies Guide’
The American Bar Association Business Law Section has released the third edition of the “Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs.” This guide is a comprehensive, accessible resource of key legal and business aspects of forming, organizing, operating and developing emerging/growth-oriented businesses. Leading experts provide guidance through each step of the process for those interested in forming a new company, as well as those advising them.
In 15 chapters, the authors address critical matters, including:
• Deciding to start a new business
• Preparing the business plan
• Non-tax aspects of forming and organizing a new entity
• Tax aspects of forming and organizing a new entity
• Tax reporting and compliance
• Accounting and financial reporting issues
• Technology and intellectual property rights
• Financing the business
• Product development and distribution
• Human resources
• The internet and online business activities
• Public relations
• Growing the business
• Purchasing and selling businesses
• Estate planning
Accompanying the book is an online site with forms to download and customize for your practice needs.
“Emerging Companies Guide” is edited by Alan S. Gutterman, the founding director of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Project (www.seproject.org), and Robert L. Brown, who advises on trade, investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for U.S. companies and foreign companies’ operations in the U.S., including manufacturing, distribution, sales, retail and wholesale operations.
