By All Means, Allow Law Students and Grads to Work for Free

The ABA agrees that exploitation of law students and other interns is unacceptable; however, the FLSA uncertainty inhibits law firms from offering students the opportunity to work on pro bono matters in a real-life practice setting.
Top lawyer decries unequal pay for women

Fifty years after Congress banned sex discrimination in wages, it’s inexcusable that women – including women at the highest levels of the legal profession – are still paid less than men for the same work.
Laurel G. Bellows, American Bar Association President, to Speak at The Commerce Club May 3

Women in Law is the Atlanta legal community’s annual fundraiser to support the work of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation.
President and Congress must act to fill judicial vacancies

Successive presidents and Senate majority and minority leaders have pointed at each other and claimed with exasperation that their political opponents are responsible for stalling judicial nominees.
Plan now for health care decisions

A tragedy can strike anyone, at any time. If something were to happen to your spouse, parent or other loved one and they couldn’t make their own medical decisions, ask yourself: Do you know what they would want?
Laurel Bellows, Speaker at the 2013 Women’s Power Summit on Law and Leadership, Austin, TX

Laurel Bellows, a principal of The Bellows Law Group, P.C., represents executives, in the United States and internationally. Laurel is an experienced business lawyer counseling senior executives and corporations on employment matters, employment and severance agreements, executive compensation, and workplace disputes.