Brilliant Color

Brilliant Color has Moved

2008-05-16T10:29:02-04:00

The Brilliant Color Blog has been incorporated into My new blog at www.thefonteneaufirm.com. Please look for new posts at that site. Thank you!

Cultural Shift in Black Politics

2008-02-18T00:12:50-05:00

I have been dying to weigh in on the historic campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but until now I have stayed out of the fray. But now that this Blog has changed direction, I feel as though the...

The New Brilliant Color

2008-02-17T23:40:39-05:00

It has been a while since I have posted on this Blawg. While I have not been posting lately, I assure you that a lot has been going on. I relaunched my static website at www.thefonteneaufirm.com . I also launched...

Dear New Lawyer

2008-01-11T11:34:44-05:00

My good friend Susan Cartier Liebel is hosting blawg review this Monday and she sent out a request that several bloggers post their advice to those who are new to the profession. So here is my take on the things...

The Color Blind Myth

2007-12-24T17:55:34-05:00

Carmen Van Kerckhove over at New Demogrphic posted a great post on her Race in the Workplace Blog a while back. In her post, she explains that fear of being branded a racist causes people to say that they do...

Confessions of A "Big" Firm Dropout: Why Women of Color are Dissatisfied in the Firm Environment Part II

2007-12-23T21:05:15-05:00

A few weeks ago I posted about some of the reasons female minority lawyers are dissatisfied with the law firm environment. Well yesterday, I was watching Saturday Night Live's annual commercial show and this sketch, while funny hit on some...

Everything I Need to Know About Success, I Learned From My Grandma Billie, Part VII

2007-11-26T13:37:00-05:00

Successful Women Don't Know Their Place One of the things that made me most proud of my grandmother was that she did not have believe that there were any limitations on what she was able to do with her life....

Generation Y: Lazy Workers or Rational Reaction to Changing Corporate Climate?

2007-11-23T12:37:18-05:00

A couple of weeks ago 60 minutes ran a story on the impact of younger workers in the workplace. The piece noted that younger workers have different expectations concerning their careers than older workers. According to the story, gone are...

Is The End of Blackness Coming?

2007-11-15T12:19:03-05:00

On Tuesday, NPR reported on a Pew Research Center/NPR poll that indicates that the end may in fact, be near. The study, that looked at perceptions of issues of race among Blacks, Whites and Hispanics found that some 37% of...

Confessions of A "Big" Firm Dropout: Why Women of Color are Dissatisfied in the Firm Environment

2007-11-07T12:13:17-05:00

I ran across this Law.com article this morning that reports a study of job satisfaction among mid-level associates. The article explained that a study of mid-level associates at law firms indicated that minority women were less satisfied with their firms...