Women of color are more likely to seek career advancement than their white counterparts, but they still can’t win the race to the top in the legal profession.
In just one example, a 2018 report prepared for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, titled “You Can’t Change What You Can’t See: Interrupting Racial and Gender Bias in the Legal...
The lack of minority partners comes at a high cost to firms, say attorneys at Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, as they suggest several practical ways to tackle this problem.
Another study by Vault/Minority Corporate Counsel Association finds that the rate of black lawyers promoted to partner last year—2.3 percent—was actually the lowest to date.
According to a new study released by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, there is still a pronounced racial and gender bias for female lawyers.
Women make up 22.4 percent of existing equity partners among the 15 firms surveyed by Bloomberg Law, according to the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault. According to data compiled by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, women make up 21.58...
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