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• Allen & Overy introduces partner flexi-time to improve female retention

  Jan 22 2010 Allen & Overy is to allow equity partners to work part-time in a bid to retain more of its female workforce. The arrangement, which will come into place on 1 May,... more

• Allen & Overy allows part-time work for equity partners

  Jan 21 2010 In a move to retain a higher number of female partners in the equity, Allen & Overy is set to introduce a new flexible working scheme, which will allow partners to... more

• Travers’ employment team loses partner

  Nov 17 2009 Travers Smith employment partner Dorothy Henderson has resigned from the firm, leaving just six female partners in its ranks. The firm has made up just one female... more

• Allen & Overy teaches female associates how to communicate

  Sep 16 2009 Allen & Overy is starting a career development porgramme aimed at teaching associates how to communicate ‘powerfully’ with clients and colleagues. The new scheme is... more

• Chicago law firms see increase in number of women partners

  Nov 07 2008 The Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women reported that the following firms have achieved the goal of increasing female partner ranks by three percentage points... more

• Working Mother magazine publishes annual annual Best Law Firms for Women list

  Aug 13 2008 http://www.workingmother.com/web?service=vpage/2907 more

• Balancing work and family, while keeping on the partner track

  Jun 16 2008 Jessica E. Morrison was about to quit her job. After her first son, Hunter, was born in 2004, Morrison had gone back to work as a litigation associate at McGuireWoods... more

• Women lawyers less likely to make partner: study

  Jun 02 2008 Women lawyers might have more opportunities to get into a law firm but they remain less likely to be promoted to partner, according to a U.S. study. Researchers... more

• UK male solicitors £19,000-a-year better off than female colleagues

  May 26 2008 The gender pay gap is still a huge problem in the legal profession according to comprehensive survey by the Law Society. more

• UK law firms under pressure on staff diversity

  Apr 11 2008 London law firms are under growing client pressure to promote more women and people from ethnic and other minorities, according to the new head of one of the largest... more

• Clifford Chance partner Kathy Honeywood: 'Being the only woman is quite tough'

  Apr 09 2008 Law firms to date are some way behind other professions at encouraging diversity. The accounting firms, for one, have had women’s networks for years. But Honeywood is... more

• Good Year To Be A Woman Lawyer - In The UK At Least

  Apr 01 2008 The year's partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports. Of the first 10 firms to announce their... more

• Minority students still hindered at top firms

  Mar 05 2008 Ethnic minority and female students are still struggling to make their way into the UK’s top law firms, comprehensive new research has found, despite attempts by... more

• Skadden Blog's 'Hot Associate' Contest Is Put on Ice

  Feb 12 2008 Unauthorized blog contest to pick Skadden's 'hottest female associate' provokes chilly response from law firm brass Who's the hottest young woman lawyer at Skadden,... more

• Freshfields report: 'More female partners and pro bono'

  Jan 31 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is aiming to boost its number of female partners and up its pro bono commitments by a third following the publication of the firm’s... more

• Female Lawyers Bill Clients at Lower Rates Than Male Counterparts

  Jan 26 2008 Female lawyers in smaller firms and solo practices generally bill clients at lower rates than their male counterparts. This and other billing trends are highlighted in... more