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• More male partners working part time, says survey

  Jan 23 2012 6.2 per cent of lawyers at big firms work part time, according to a new survey released by NALP. In 2011 98 per cent of large law firms allowed part-time schedules,... more

• Ashurst introduces quota for the number of women in management positions

  Oct 29 2011 Ashurst has announced the introduction of a quota for the number of women in management positions, and aims to increase the number of women in management posts from... more

• UK partner promotions up by 38% this year

  May 30 2011 The number of partner promotions in the UK’s 50 largest firms rose by 38 per cent this year, according to a report in Legal Week. The 2011 promotions round saw 495... more

• Celebrating Women’s Day: Women lawyers express their opinion on workplace environment

  Apr 06 2011 A glance at today’s headlines still makes us worry whether India is a safe country for women. “A 20-year-old student has been shot outside her college in Dhaula Kuan... more

• Debevoise maintains strong record on women in partnership

  Apr 01 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the promotion of three lawyers to the partnership, two of whom are women. Looking back over the past four years, the firm’s recod on... more

• Wal Mart pushes for greater diversity in outside counsel

  Mar 24 2011 It is the eve of one of the biggest class actions in US history, with the Supreme Court due next week to consider whether hundreds of thousands of women can band... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• Ashurst to introduce 50-hour week for partners

  Jan 20 2011 Partners at Ashurst will now be obliged to carry out at least 50 hours of firm-related work each week under new rules that raise the minimum commitment by 40 per cent.... more

• Large US law firms take a step backwards on diversity

  Jan 03 2011 US law firms seemed to be moving in the right direction on diversity issues, hiring more women, people of color and people with disabilities, until the recession... more

• Going backwards on diversity in top US firms

  Nov 09 2010 A new survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) indicates that things are getting even tougher for women in the top 200 law firms in the US.... more

• Indian government approves Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill

  Nov 09 2010 The Union Cabinet has finally approved, the Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill to ensure a much needed safe working environment for women.... more

• The next step in gender equality at law firms

  Nov 01 2010 Women graduates make up about 60% of the trainee intake at large London law firms, and have accounted for over half of the intake at these firms for over a decade.... more

• Society of Women Lawyers to inaugurate its India Chapter

  Jul 09 2010 Priti Suri, Partner at Priti Suri & Associates has been appointed as the President of Society of Women Lawyers-India, a platform for women lawyers to come together... more

• A&O promotes 25 associates to counsel

  Apr 28 2010 Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 25 lawyers to counsel positions in their annual promotions round. This is a significant increase on last year’s numbers,... more

• Ashurst promotes 11 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 27 2010 Ashurst has announced the promotion of 11 lawyers to the partnership – one more than in last year’s round. Six partners were made up in London, two in Paris and one... more

• More than 80% of partners at large US law firms are men

  Jan 08 2010 Only 19 percent of partners at American law firms with more than 100 lawyers are women, despite the fact that women have comprised more than 50 percent of law school... more

• Study Finds ‘Astounding’ Absence of Women in Top Rainmaking Roles

  Oct 26 2009 A new study has found that women are “terribly underrepresented” in the ranks of major rainmakers at top U.S. law firms. The study by the National Association of... 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

• Yale Law Women Group selects top 10 family-friendly firms

  Sep 10 2008 Yale Law Women Group released the results of its third annual survey on family-friendly firms. The list includes the following firms: - Arnold & Porter - Covington... more

• Gender gap at London's elite law firms

  Sep 08 2008 Women make up an average of just over 14 per cent of the partnership at the UK's four largest "Magic Circle'' firms - Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields... more

• Anti-Feminist Lawyer Sues Columbia Over Women’s Studies Courses

  Aug 19 2008 The NYT’s City Room blog reports that Roy Den Hollander — “a Manhattan lawyer and a self-described antifeminist” who in the past year has sued nightclubs for favoring... 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

• Women Lawyers Form Coalition on Recruitment, Retention Issues

  Jul 25 2008 Women lawyers in Chicago have come together from 31 law firms to form a new coalition that will seek to collaborate on supporting the recruitment, retention and... 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

• Frances Murphy: 'Being a woman doesn't make a difference'

  Apr 25 2008 Slaughter and May's new head of corporate has a hard act to follow but is used to thriving in a male-dominated environment... more

• UK Partner promotions: Hammonds top for trainees, Slaughters top for women

  Apr 21 2008 The annual results of the partnership bun fight are slowly coming in and it seems the credit crunch has taken its toll, with most firms making up fewer partners than... 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

• Number of women partners and trainees in the UK increases

  Mar 10 2008 A recent survey shows that between 2006 and 2007 the number of female partners at UK law firms rose by 5%. As reported in Legal Week, the Law Society's Annual... more

• Women partners up as long-term prospects improve

  Mar 07 2008 The proportion of female partners at UK law firms rose by more than 5% between 2006 and 2007, according to new research, although women still represent less than a... more

• Winston & Strawn partner apologises for short skirt comment

  Feb 19 2008 A Winston & Strawn partner found himself in the centre of an angry mob of female lawyers after complaining to a journalist about their inappropriate dress. W&S's... more

• Women still earn less at US law firms

  Dec 05 2007 The largest law firms in the US are in a bit of a holding pattern when it comes to the advancement of women within the firms, according to the president of the... more

• Proposed federal law in Canada would force voters to show faces

  Oct 24 2007 Muslim women who wear niqabs or burqas would be required to remove their face-coverings in order to vote in federal elections under a new bill introduced in the... more

• Fewer Women Are Seeking Law Degrees

  Oct 02 2007 The decrease comes at a time when the earning power of women in their 20s is outpacing men of the same age, at least in several major U.S. metropolitan areas.... more