Legal Commentary

The Gender Gap Among Partners

By Patrick J. Lamb

Fascinating study by researchers from Temple University and the University of Texas that concludes that the pay gap between men and women partners is not due to productivity.  Here is the money quote:

Our statistical analysis concludes that women partners are compensated less than men on average at the AMLAW 200 law firms regardless of whether they are equity partners or non-equity partners. This gender disparity is not due to lower productivity of women partners. It is attributable to discriminatory practices under both disparate treatment and disparate impact analyses.

Wow.  That is a pretty unequivocal statement, but hardly a surprise to insiders.  But brace yourself for the thousand and one excuses that will emanate from law firms.

Full post as published by In Search of Perfect Client Service on September 14, 2010 (boomark / email).