Sentences with phrase «female lawyers in private practice»

Over the past 11 years covering the legal profession, the issue of retention of female lawyers in private practice has continually been a topic of discussion.

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Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.

However, the number of senior women lawyers in private practice is increasing so slowly that it will be a long time to wait for greater female judicial representation if appointments stay locked below the percentage of women in the practice of law.

The Chambers USA Women in Law Awards honour leading female in - house and Chambers - ranked private practice lawyers who are also committed to furthering the advancement of women in the law.

The Retention of Women in Private Practice: The Challenge is Intersectional While the CLA's report on the retention of women illustrates the various ways female lawyers are impacted by sexism, it is relatively silent on other forms of systemic discrimination female lawyers experience, particularly racism experienced by women of colour and Indigenous women.