Our recruiters discuss how to attract and
retain women lawyers so your legal team is the most dynamic it can be.
The need to
retain women lawyers and reverse gender inequality in terms of salary and promotion is a serious issue for the top firms.
Analysis of corporate diversity initiatives that are influencing how law firms staff their cases as well as recruit and
retain women lawyers
Not exact matches
She is a dynamic public speaker on the issues challenging young
women in law practice today, she counsels young
women lawyers and law firm partners on issues of
retaining talent, and she provides individual and small group career counseling for young
women law students and
lawyers.
The list, which has been around for a decade, recognizes U.S. law firms that «create and use best practices in
retaining and promoting
women lawyers.»
Unlike the more familiar divorce proceedings where parties hire gunslinger
lawyers and have their dirty laundry aired in public courthouses, these
women each
retained a collaboratively - trained attorney (Ellen Ware and myself) who are experienced in respectful and interest - based negotiations.
One article deals with how
women are changing the definition of career success, and the other with
retaining women and minority
lawyers.
The Justicia Project was first developed by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a voluntary program for law firms to identify and implement best practices to
retain and advance
women lawyers in private practice.
Firms generally recognize the business argument for
retaining and advancing
women, but have struggled with an «unintentional bias» that can lead to senior
lawyers favouring people who are similar to them, she argues.
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.
Many firms have started or are considering sponsorship programs as a way to
retain women and minority
lawyers and cultivate diverse talent.
The Court of Appeal upheld a decision in which LAWPRO counsel were successful in defending a
lawyer who was
retained by a
woman injured in a motor vehicle accident.
A second, more far - reaching diversity initiative, «A Call to Action: Diversity in the Legal Profession,» asks corporate law departments to compel law firms to take action to increase the number of
women and minority
lawyers they hire and
retain.
For the second year in a row Working Mother magazine recognized Frankfurt Kurnit amongst 50 law firms that create and use best practices in
retaining and promoting
women lawyers.
(www.alpma.com.au) The conference explored many of the same management issues facing law firms in the United States: how to
retain talented
lawyers, especially
women; the resistance to — and growing importance of - professional management for law firms; and different generational attitudes toward life and work.
She is involved in numerous diversity initiatives, including
Women in Law@Torys (an initiative to recruit, retain and develop women lawyers at the firm), the Canadian Board Diversity Council and Special Olympics Ont
Women in Law@Torys (an initiative to recruit,
retain and develop
women lawyers at the firm), the Canadian Board Diversity Council and Special Olympics Ont
women lawyers at the firm), the Canadian Board Diversity Council and Special Olympics Ontario.
Once again Working Mother magazine recognized Frankfurt Kurnit amongst 50 law firms that create and use best practices in
retaining and promoting
women lawyers.
I contributed a chapter on «Gender Balance: Winning the Battle to
Retain Women at Mid and Senior Levels in Law Firms» in the forthcoming book, Recruiting and
Retaining Lawyers: Innovative Strategies to Attract, Develop and
Retain Legal Talent, edited by Rebecca Normand - Hochman on behalf of the International Bar Association.
The
lawyer was initially contacted by phone (not email) by a
woman who wanted to
retain him for help with collecting support from her ex-husband.
I assume US
lawyers retained it in the latter sense for longer than non-
lawyers, and that it then came to be thought of as a specific designation for a
lawyer, which
women lawyers adopted when they began to enter the profession.
However, Craft cautions, while the pool of indigenous
lawyers may be growing, law firms are still falling short in
retaining them, just as firms are having trouble keeping other minorities and
women.
It's not surprising that most law firm
women's initiatives have effectively failed to achieve their purported goal — to attract,
retain and advance
women lawyers.
They coordinate with the firm's Executive Committee, Department Chairs, Hiring Committee,
Women's Forum, Director of Professional Development, Director of Business Development, and the Working Group on Associate Development and Retention to ensure that issues of diversity and inclusion are considered in recruiting,
retaining, and advancing the firm's
lawyers, and in the delivery of the highest quality legal services to our clients.
The staff at ATIRA
Women's Resources Centre (legal advocate, law students, clinic
lawyer and
retained lawyer) have brought my case to a point where the chaos, created by my 1983
lawyer, is now managed.
Prior to joining the Center, Linda authored numerous reports on
women in the legal profession, including Reduced Hours, Full Success: Part - Time Partners in U.S. Law Firms, 21 Hastings Women's L.J. 223 (2010); Actions for Advancing Women Into Law Firm Leadership: Report of the National Association of Women Lawyers National Leadership Summit (2008); and Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Commit
women in the legal profession, including Reduced Hours, Full Success: Part - Time Partners in U.S. Law Firms, 21 Hastings
Women's L.J. 223 (2010); Actions for Advancing Women Into Law Firm Leadership: Report of the National Association of Women Lawyers National Leadership Summit (2008); and Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Commit
Women's L.J. 223 (2010); Actions for Advancing
Women Into Law Firm Leadership: Report of the National Association of Women Lawyers National Leadership Summit (2008); and Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Commit
Women Into Law Firm Leadership: Report of the National Association of
Women Lawyers National Leadership Summit (2008); and Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Commit
Women Lawyers National Leadership Summit (2008); and Creating Pathways to Success: Advancing and
Retaining Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Commit
Women in Today's Law Firms (2006)(chaired Reporters» Committee).
Unlike the more familiar divorce proceedings where parties hire gunslinger
lawyers and have their dirty laundry aired in public courthouses, these
women each
retained a collaboratively - trained attorney (Ellen Ware and myself) who are experienced in respectful and interest - based negotiations.