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A Kirkland spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday on why the firm decided to do away with mandatory arbitration for all associates, nor was it clear whether the policy change applied to firm staff as well.</p>","<div class=\"paywall-content\"><p>\"The firm committee periodically reviews firm policies to ensure that they reflect best practices in the legal marketplace,\" reads Kirkland's Wednesday message to all attorneys. \"Following a recent review, the firm committee has determined that the firm will no longer require arbitration of any employment disputes that may be brought by associates or summer associates.\"</p>","<p>The Pipeline Parity Project—the Harvard student group that launched the boycott, dubbed #DumpKirkland—circulated the statement on Twitter on Wednesday.</p>","<p>\"With this email, Kirkland reversed a 10-year-old policy of requiring attorneys to waive their rights to sue over harassment, discrimination, and other workplaces abuses—a policy that the firm maintained despite widespread scrutiny,\" reads a statement from the Pipeline Parity Project. \"Two weeks after the Pipeline Parity Project's #DumpKirkland campaign brought renewed attention to Kirkland's unjust policies, the firm officially dropped its requirement for arbitration of employment disputes brought by associates and summer associates.\"</p>","<p>Molly Coleman, a second-year law student and organizer with the Pipeline Parity Project, said in an interview Wednesday that she welcomes Kirkland's reversal on its use of mandatory arbitration agreements.</p>","<p>\"We're definitely excited,\" she said. \"It's great to see the power organizing can have, and that when you shed light on the issues, firms will respond.\"</p>","<p>But she cautioned that the Pipeline Parity Project remains concerned that staff and others at Kirkland may still be subject to mandatory arbitration, and that many other firms maintain such policies, even if they aren't upfront about it.</p>","<p>Law students began to push back against mandatory arbitration for summer associates in March, when it was revealed that Munger, Tolles & Olson used them. (The firm quickly <a href=\"https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/03/25/munger-tolles-backtracks-on-summer-associate-arbitration/\"> did away</a> with the agreements amid a slew of criticism.) Students from 14 elite law schools <a href=\"https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018/05/14/top-law-schools-ask-firms-to-disclose-summer-associate-arbitration-agreements/\"> surveyed</a> large firms and legal organizations about their use of mandatory arbitration for summer associates, but fewer than half of the firms responded. 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