Lack of Gender-Diverse Partnership: Is It the Woman or the Firm?

<b><i>Data-Driven Research by ALM Intelligence Suggests Three Reasons Why Gender-Diverse Partnership Fails</b></i><p>It is now common knowledge that female headcount within the ranks of Big Law partnership, both equity and non-equity, has held steady for the past few years at around 20%. The obvious question is, why?

5 minute read December 01, 2017 at 12:04 AM
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Daniella Isaacson
Lack of Gender-Diverse Partnership: Is It the Woman or the Firm?

It is now common knowledge that female headcount within the ranks of Big Law partnership, both equity and non-equity, has held steady for the past few years at around 20%.

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