Local organizations and groups targeted to specific firms or offices have begun working alongside countrywide associations to continue promoting
gender diversity in the legal profession.
A few days after International Women's Day, the Manitoba Bar Association's Equality Section held a continuing professional development program looking at progress made toward
gender diversity in the legal profession in Manitoba in the 20 + years since the Touchstones report was issued.
The GOOD Guys program started out of a desire to engage all lawyers, especially men, in efforts to increase
gender diversity in the legal profession.
Not exact matches
To get a complete picture of women
in law, we have to look beyond the numbers — as damning as they may be — to the innovative women, as well as men, working to increase
gender diversity and empower women
in the
legal profession.
to the innovative women, as well as men, working to increase
gender diversity and empower women
in the
legal profession.
We will be highlighting the work of trailblazers and thought leaders who are creating lifelong, diverse pathways
in the
legal profession through their mentoring,
gender diversity and pro bono work.
The session wraps up with a question on the one thing the panelists would change
in the
legal profession, with collective responsiblity for access to justice, more respect for court administration and improved
gender, race, sexuality and class
diversity all cited.
When speaking or writing about
diversity in the
legal profession, the conversation usually focuses on
gender, sexual orientation or race and ethnicity.
Toronto freelance lawyer Erin Cowling's blog features frank discussions of
gender and racial
diversity in the
legal profession, along with recaps and feedback on
legal industry events and the occasional book review.
As
in the U.S., the British have recognized racial, ethnic, and
gender disparities
in the
legal profession and have pursued strategies for greater
diversity and upward mobility
in the bar and bench.
It seems to me that for most
in the
legal profession, the rationale for promoting
diversity and
gender balance is by now accepted; but we struggle, still, with turning what we know into what we do.