Sentences with phrase «senior woman lawyer»

I once asked a senior woman lawyer how she was adjusting to working in a small boutique firm after spending most of her career at a large national law firm.

However, senior women lawyers should also be prepared to mentor and support younger colleagues trying to break through, she believes.

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.

In 2009, she launched, «Managing your Career: the XX Advantage,» a network and quarterly breakfast seminar series for senior women lawyers.

engage with senior women lawyers about their own experiences practicing in commercial litigation

I'm also grateful to hear senior women lawyers report that this problem apparently dissipates with age and experience.

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«Friday prayers bring all people of a society together at one time - rich or poor, man or woman, senior citizen or young child,» said Arsalan Iftikhar, an international human rights lawyer and founder of TheMuslimGuy.com.

On paper, Mechem, a Yale - educated lawyer with 24 years of experience in the television business, appears to be exactly what the LPGA needs — someone who can persuade corporate sponsors and network executives to give women's golf a bigger slice of the action that is now dominated by the PGA and Senior PGA tours.

Assembly officials have said the confidentiality clauses were sought by the women who said they had been harassed, but the report disputes that claim, and says that even after the matter became public, Mr. Collins, the senior Assembly lawyer, called a lawyer for two of the complainants to remind her of the secrecy clause.

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While firms are far less male - orientated than they used to be, women might still be somewhat under represented at senior level, a fact that's unlikely to fill young female lawyers with confidence when it comes to speaking out about their discomfort.

Despite recruiting more women straight out of law school, 80 % of the lawyers are male by the senior partner level.

Senior male advocates and lawyers are often recognised and respected, but women, for example, are still not recognised as such and are majorly undermined.

The largest salary divide between men and women in - house in Canada exists in the most senior roles for equivalent work and diversity remains a challenge, but as more young lawyers make the switch from private practice sooner in their career that gap should close, according to a recent survey.

Men will sometimes put up with a bullying senior lawyer longer than a woman as it's part of the male code to tough it out and not show they are intimidated.

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.

The on - going debate on whether women lawyers can hold demanding jobs, especially at senior levels while also raising children, has exploded with this month's article in The Atlantic magazine, «Why Women Still Can't Have It All&rawomen lawyers can hold demanding jobs, especially at senior levels while also raising children, has exploded with this month's article in The Atlantic magazine, «Why Women Still Can't Have It All&raWomen Still Can't Have It All».

That said, the success of women's support organizations depends on women, especially senior women, being genuine about what their challenges have been, and listening to the current experience of more junior lawyers.

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When senior female lawyers are asked to mentor junior associates, time is taken away from their billable hours in a scenario that already sees women clocking fewer billable hours and contributing more hours to non-billable but essential firm functions.

This year, ABA President Hilarie Bass launched an initiative focused on examining why women lawyers are leaving the profession in the prime of their careers when they should be taking on senior leadership roles.

But as in law firms, the representation of women and minority lawyers declines sharply at the higher levels, with women and minorities underrepresented in senior management ranks.

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.

MCC: We recently ran an interview with a senior in - house lawyer at ConAgra who discussed the value of «authentic storytelling» for women navigating the often bumpy path to leadership in law.

As part of our efforts to achieve this goal, we have a vibrant Women's Leadership Committee that has the full support of the firm and senior leadership to spearhead sustained and ongoing programs to foster the development of great women lawWomen's Leadership Committee that has the full support of the firm and senior leadership to spearhead sustained and ongoing programs to foster the development of great women lawwomen lawyers.

But the number of personal stories told publicly by women lawyers about sexual harassment is small; I am privileged to be senior enough and tenured enough and removed enough from the emotional turmoil of that time to take the risk of telling it.

This gathering of law firm managing partners, judges, general counsel, law school deans and senior lawyers produced seven strategies for women lawyers on how to acquire and keep power.

Also on Thursday, I had the chance to spend time with The Honourable Madam Justice Helen M. Pierce Regional Senior Judge for the Northwest Region, workers at the Ontario Native Women's Centre and legal aid administrators and staff lawyers (not only from Thunder Bay, but Sioux Lookout and Kenora).

Christine A. Amalfe, President of the NAWL Foundation and Director at Gibbons P.C. in Newark, NJ, described the survey as «the only national study of the nation's 200 largest law firms, which annually tracks the progress of women lawyers at all levels of private practice, including the most senior positions, and collects data on firms as a whole rather than from a subset of individual lawyers.»

In fact, both Monique Mercier and Andrea Wood of Telus, chief legal officer and senior vice president of legal services, respectively, are prime examples of women who have flourished in their careers and serve as strong role models for young female lawyers like myself.

The Mansfield Rule measures whether law firms have affirmatively considered women lawyers and attorneys of color — at least 30 % of the candidate pool — for promotions, senior level hiring, and significant leadership roles in the firm.

Below are excerpts from a series of interviews of Justice Barkett conducted between 2006 - 2009 and recorded as part of the American Bar Association Senior Lawyers Division Women Trailblazers in the Law program: