Barriers at the Bargaining Table

 Advocating for a higher salary, promotion, or a new job title is something many lawyers will face at all stages of their career. And women and minority lawyers face a unique set of barriers when negotiating for jobs and career advancement. Whether you are a new attorney or a seasoned attorney in a career transition, this program will help you consider the many ways in which lawyers demonstrate their value in the workplace, address the barriers that many lawyers will face at the negotiation table, and show you how to prepare to negotiate from a position of strength.

Biography

Leanne Fuith is Dean of Career and Professional Development and a Visiting Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law where she has taught Foundations of Practice, a first-year course on lawyer and law student professional identity as well as courses in the law school’s business curriculum including Business Organizations, Deals and Disputes, International Business Transactions, The Law and Business Externship, Lawyer as Business Owner, and Transactions and Settlements. She previously practiced business law, employment law, and commercial and employment litigation and helped clients with matters relating to business formation and management, discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, breach of contract, non-competes, wage and hour violations, unemployment hearings, and other claims. She is admitted to practice in the State of Minnesota.

Professor Fuith is also a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association Council and Minnesota CLE’s Board of Directors, and she chairs the RCBA CLE Oversight Committee. 

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