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BigLaw: Large Firms Are From Mars, Female Lawyers Are From Venus

By Liz Kurtz

Originally published on May 3, 2010 in our free BigLaw newsletter. One-third of female partners regularly bullied by colleagues? An absence of women in the top money-making ranks at nearly 75% of top firms? Take a moment to consider the significance of these findings, which paint a grim picture of the position currently occupied by women in large law firms. Is it really possible that despite the likes of Hillary Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor, women remain unable to gain a significant foothold in the nation's most lucrative firms? That's what an increasing body of evidence suggests. Unveailed last week at the ABA's Summit for Women In-House Counsel, the "Survey of Women Partners on Law Firm Compensation" paints a disheartening picture of the obstacles faced by women in the legal profession...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on May 10, 2010 (boomark / email).