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There is not a single statistic that says that women lawyers have achieved equality in terms of pay, position, power, or prestige ' not one. From its roots in 1987 as the brainchild of ABA President Robert MacCrate and its first chair, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession has worked to assess the status of women lawyers and support efforts to help them achieve full and equal participation and opportunities in the legal profession. The Commission's lodestar has been that organized and concerted efforts could make a difference in combating the causes and effects of gender bias, stereotypes, harassment, and inhospitable work environments that have impeded the professional careers and aspirations of women in the bar.
The Commission has undertaken these efforts over the years against a backdrop of continuing gender discrimination in many aspects of society and business. Women still earn, on average, only 72 cents for every dollar a man earns, and a man with a college degree will make an average of $15,000 more per year than a similarly situated woman. Many opportunities in sports, the professions, and other industries are still unreachable for women, regardless of their talent or potential. The pace of progress in too many fields has been glacial.
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