The number of female GCs in the Fortune 500 has risen almost annually since the Minority Corporate Counsel Association first published its General Counsel Survey in 1999. In 2000, just 43 women led legal departments in the Fortune 500.
Blacklaws acknowledged that while more women are becoming lawyers, the shift is not yet reflected at the senior levels in the profession, a reality that Jean Lee, president and chief executive officer of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, also has...
Our research shows there’s also a racial dynamic to disparities in assignments. When we surveyed a nationwide sample of lawyers, women of color were the most likely to report doing more administrative tasks than their colleagues — over 20% more likely than white men....
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