1284 ABA Journal Women in the Law articles.
An associate who went to work at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1952 experienced a more genteel law firm, with no pressure to bill and plenty of mentoring. He was…
Dec 17, 2007 12:47 PM CST
Lorelie Masters has her theory about why so many women leave law firms or fail to advance into partnership positions. She attributes the problem to “the soft bigotry of low…
Dec 13, 2007 1:36 PM CST
A new survey shows “slow progress” for women in the upper echelons of big law firms.
The survey (PDF) by the National Association of Women Lawyers finds that…
Nov 29, 2007 12:34 PM CST
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has created a new position that so far has been mostly confined to European law firms: Director of corporate social responsibility.
The lawyer appointed to the…
Nov 21, 2007 1:29 PM CST
The most unhappy people in the nation’s top law firms are minority female midlevel associates, according to an American Lawyer survey.
Women of color express less satisfaction and encounter more…
Nov 7, 2007 11:45 AM CST
A new report suggests many large New York law firms are still lagging behind in terms of diversity.
Out of 74 New York firms providing information, 27 do not have…
Oct 10, 2007 6:10 PM CDT
Law schools are seeing fewer women applicants and a dropping proportion of women students.
The percentage of women in law school has dropped from 49 percent in 2002 to 46.9…
Oct 2, 2007 12:51 PM CDT
Kelly-Ann Cartwright is something of a trailblazer.
She has been named executive partner of Holland & Knight in Miami, the first black woman to lead one of the firm’s offices…
Sep 21, 2007 1:59 PM CDT
A former junior female partner at Cozen O’Connor has filed a sex discrimination suit against the firm that claims three partners there “prefer and promote women who fit traditional female…
Sep 21, 2007 11:14 AM CDT
Women lawyers are moving into a broader range of practice areas as traditional expectations about appropriate legal career choices for female attorneys are erased.
It is now commonplace to see…
Aug 20, 2007 7:56 PM CDT
More than 1,300 people showed up for the 17th annual Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards Luncheon honoring women whose…
Aug 12, 2007 10:13 PM CDT
Jun 1, 2007 1:35 PM CDT
A study by several Massachusetts bar associations finds that almost half of women lawyers in the state who leave their law firms don’t remain in the law.
The report also…
May 2, 2007 3:39 PM CDT
Even though women and minorities are gradually carving out a bigger place for themselves in the legal profession, they continue to face enormous barriers to advancement, especially at law firms,…
Oct 24, 2006 11:48 AM CDT
Firms Marketing to Female Clients Offer Book Readings, Spa Retreats
Aug 29, 2005 5:52 AM CDT
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